5,000-year-old "industrial-scale" brewery unearthed in Egypt By Ahmed Shawkat Archeologist recreating ancient beers Archaeologists working in Egypt have uncovered "what is believed to be the oldest high-production brewery in the world," the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said Saturday. East of the Temple of King Narmer in Abydos, the 5000-year-old site was relocated in 2018 using magnetic survey by archeologists from a joint Egyptian-American mission after it had been previously partially discovered and then lost again by British archeologists in the early 20th century...