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Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed what could be the world's oldest known beer factory, dating back about 5,000 years.
The brewery is likely to date back to the era of King Narmer, according to the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Beer is thought to have been produced on a large scale, with about 22,400 litres (5,000 gallons) made at a time.
A Semitic-speaking realm, Assyria was centred on the Tigris in Upper Mesopotamia, in modern terms, northern Iraq, northeast Syria, and southeast Turkey. The Assyrians came to rule powerful empires in several periods. Making up a substantial part of the greater Mesopotamian "cradle of civilization", which included Sumer, the Akkadian Empire, and Babylonia, Assyria reached the height of technological, scientific and cultural achievements for its time. Starting around 900 BC, the Assyrians began campaigning to expand their empire and to dominate other people. They conquered, exacted tribute, and built new fortified towns, palaces and temples. By constant warfare the Assyrians created an empire[13] that stretched from eastern Libya and Cyprus in the East Mediterranean to Iran, and from present-day Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Transcaucasia to the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt in the south.[14]
originally posted by: Bigburgh
originally posted by: KKLOCO
a reply to: gb540
Poor bastards didn’t have carbonation though. Flat beer is disgusting.
But worse yet, was the beer cold after cutting grass on a 114°F day in the Middle East?😢
originally posted by: Silcone Synapse
What they don't like to admit is that the pyramids were actually designed to be cubes,but everyone was drunk and so we ended up with pointy things instead.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Bigburgh
originally posted by: KKLOCO
a reply to: gb540
Poor bastards didn’t have carbonation though. Flat beer is disgusting.
But worse yet, was the beer cold after cutting grass on a 114°F day in the Middle East?😢
Apparently though, the poms still drink warm beer till this very day... maybe as a sacrifice to tribute the ancestors who lacked the technology of refrigeration.