A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said on February 13.
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A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said Saturday.
Egypt unearths world s oldest mass-production brewery, dating back to era of King Narmer, more than 5,000 years ago
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The ancient brewery was uncovered in the Abydos archaeological site near Egypt s southern city of Sohag.
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A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists in southern Egypt.
Key points:
The brewery dates back to the era of King Narmer in 3100 BC
Archaeologists believe beer may have been used in sacrificial rites
The site, containing about 40 earthenware pots arranged in two rows, was uncovered at North Abydos, Sohag, by a joint Egyptian-American team, the Egyptian tourism ministry said.