I can believe that Egypt may have the oldest remains of a brewery on earth. Brewing is a very ancient skill that dated back long before the Romans. It might be older than winemaking.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
Certainly not as old as the Egyptian pub, but here's something near our village.
Using aerial photography, local archaelogists had found a Roman site close to a spring at the head of the local river. While digging on the site, to their surprise they found an even older building underneath it. Being orthodox archeos, their immediate assumption was it must be a "Celtic Temple", about 2,000 years old.
Except the largest room in this "temple" was found to be a large malting oven for roasting barley. Which is, of course, a crucial ingredient in brewing beer. If it was a temple, it was one devoted to the gods of brewing. Perfectly placed to get the cleanest and freshest spring water for the mash.
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Last Edit: Mar 11, 2023 7:41:27 GMT 9.5 by boreades
"Bacchus, Roman god of wine, usually identified with the Greek Dionysus"
Dionysus could be translated as "the god of Nysus" which recalls the altar on Mt Sinai dedicated to Jehovah Nisi - commonly translated as "the Lord is my banner" but much better as Jehovah of Nisi. Nisi seems to be Sinai
Was Jehovah actually Bacchus?
"JPS Tanakh 1917 Jeremiah 25:27 And thou shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you."
