Recreating ancient Egyptian beer Dylan McDonnell, a man from the US state of Utah, got a taste of ancient Egypt, quite literally, from one such text after he recreated a 3,500-year-old beer.

He recreated a beverage that once flowed freely in the courts of pharaohs and was consumed daily by average ancient Egyptians. The beer he made was from yeast that was almost 3,000 years old.

"Evidence for the use of beer in sacrificial rites was found during excavations in these facilities," the statement said. Abydos is one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt and houses vast ...

Alcoholic beverages like beer and wine have been around for a long time, and are deeply entwined with human history. But this ...

Since it was so widely consumed, beer has made the perfect target for taxation for governments throughout the centuries. But ...

A joint US-Egypt discovery team has found a beer factory in ruins of ancient Egypt going back 5,000 years. According to New York University’s Mathew Adams, this factory was capable of producing ...

With the help of archaeologist Dr Serena Love, Mr Blackley gained access to the collections of Egyptian beer- and bread-making ... Using water, ancient grains and sterilised containers, he ...

What would help you have a good afterlife? Having bread and beer,” says El Dorry. One of the main sources of what we know about ancient Egyptian cuisine are the remains found in tombs ...

Historians believe that beer was available and consumed by everyone in ancient Mesopotamian society. It was likely consumed every day as Mesopotamians had a rudimentary understanding that beer was ...

Beer is one of the oldest beverages in human history. The oldest recorded recipe, dating back over 5,000 years, was found in a Sumerian poem honoring the goddess of brewing, Ninkasi.

Beer has been around for quite a while – some of the first to brew it was the ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago. However, bottled beer only started to be a thing in the 19th century ...