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Top image: The complete large straw-tempered Egyptian beer jars from Hierakonpolis in the background. The recent research study suggests the contents of these big jars would have been decanted into smaller, finer beakers, like the three shown in this image. Source: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Thick beer from a very old pot.

Hierakonpolis, Egypt. about 5,800 years ago. Before writing. Known. Free

Known. The beer was thick and cloudy, more like porridge than a drink today.

The pots come from Hierakonpolis, also called Nekhen, in southern Egypt. The pieces date to between 3800 and 3600 BC, about 5,800 years ago. That was about 600 years before Egypt was one state under Narmer. Tests on broken pottery found starch, yeast, and plant traces from beer. It was brewed from wheat, barley, and grass, and it was low in alcohol. Five straw-coloured jars with flat bases seem to have stored it. Four black-topped cups seem to have been for drinking.

The study says this beer was also used in rituals.

The page does not say what is still argued.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/egyptian-beer-0016160