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World’s OLDEST ‘large scale brewery’ dating back 5,000 years to Ancient Egypt created 22,000 litres of booze a year
Charlotte Edwards, Digital Technology and Science Reporter
15 Feb 2021, 13:30
Updated: 17 Feb 2021, 12:09
AN ancient Egyptian brewery has been uncovered at a funerary site in the south of the country.
Experts think it could be the "oldest" known brewery in the world and may have been used to create sacrificial alcohol.
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The site was uncovered in southern EgyptCredit: EPA
Pictures from the Abydos funerary site in southern Egypt have been released by the Egyptian tourism ministry.
A statement on its official Facebook page reads: "The joint Egyptian-American archaeological mission, headed by Dr. Matthew Adams of New York University, and Dr. Deborah Vischak of Princeton University, working in North Abydos, Sohag, has uncovered what is believed to be the oldest high-production brewery in the world."