Egypt: Archaeologists find ancient high-production brewery
An ancient brewery found in Egypt suggests that tears were not the only thing to flow at royal funerals of the time. The find is the most recent announced by the country in an apparent bid to lure back tourists.
The ancient brewery was uncovered near Egypt's southern city of Sohag
An Egyptian-American team of archaeologists has uncovered a 5,000-year-old brewery capable of producing some 22,400 liters (5,900 gallons) of beer at a time, the Egyptian Tourism Ministry has announced.
The ministry said in a Facebook statement on Saturday that it believed that the site at North Abydos, Sohag, was "the oldest high-production brewery in the world."