article_snippet: Now, 5,000-year-old fragments of pottery used by ancient Egyptians to make beer, have been discovered on a building site in Tel Aviv, IsraelIsrael.
article_snippet: The pottery shards come from large ceramic basins, which were used to prepare fruity beer that was left to ferment under the sun.
article_snippet: Among the hundreds of pottery shards (pictured) that characterise the local culture, a number of fragments of large ceramic basins were discovered that were made in an Egyptian tradition and were used to prepare beer,’ Dr Barkan said .
article_snippet: Among the hundreds of pottery shards that characterise the local culture, a number of fragments of large ceramic basins were discovered that were made in an Egyptian tradition and were used to prepare beer,’ he said in a statement.
article_snippet: Fragments of pottery that are around 5,000 years old and were used by ancient Egyptians to make beer, have been discovered on a building site in Tel Aviv.
article_snippet: Previous excavations carried out in the Tel Aviv region uncovered breweries that indicate beer was already being produced in the mid-fourth millennium BC, the antiquities authority said.