Ancient Egyptian Barley

Via our daily Google Alert email we learned of some interesting research into ancient barley at the University of Warwick, where ‘boffins’ have recovered significant DNA information ‘from a lost form of ancient barley that triumphed for over 3000 years seeing off: 5 changes in civilisation, water shortages and a much more popular form of […]
Jul 21, 2009 | Categories:About Archaeology, About the Beer | Tags: ancient beer, Archaeological Consultant Galway, Beer, Egypt, PLoS One, Qasr Ibrim, two-row barley, Upper Nile | 2 Comments »