Ancient Egyptian ritual honey bread Source: Offering lists, temple inscriptions, funerary texts, and tomb scenesDate: In use by the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BCE, and continuing through the New Kingdom and later periods Historical context Hekenu was not everyday bread. It appears consistently in offering lists, temple inventories, and funerary contexts, marking it as a…
Ancient Egyptian emmer bread Source: Archaeological evidence from tomb scenes, carbonized loaves, grinding tools, and administrative textsDate: In use from the Predynastic period onward, c. 4000 BCE, continuing through all periods of ancient Egyptian history Historical context Bread was the foundation of the Egyptian diet and economy. Bedja refers broadly to bread made from emmer…
Ancient Egyptian bread beer Source: Archaeological evidence from breweries and tomb scenes, supported by textual references in administrative and medical papyriDate: In use by the Old Kingdom and earlier, c. 2600 BCE, and continuing through all periods of ancient Egyptian history Historical context Ta-henket was not a luxury drink. It was a dietary staple in…
