Photo Gallery — Episode 51, Beer in Ancient Egypt

 
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  1. 1.Slightly modified version of Stela of the Royal Family, probably from Amarna, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, 1351-1336 BC, Limestone, Egyptian Museum, Berlin, 14145.

  2. 2.Model Bakery and Brewery from the Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, c. 1981-1975 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20.3.12. http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/100000479?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=egyptian+model&pos=11

  3. 3.Group of offering bearers from the Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, c. 1981-1975 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20.3.8. http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/100000335?rpp=20&pg=2&ao=on&ft=egyptian+model+brewery&when=2000-1000+B.C.&pos=24

  4. 4.Excavation of the pyramid builders' village at Giza. Photo by Jennifer Willoughby. http://www.drhawass.com/blog/press-release-new-tombs-found-giza

  5. 5.Nova Riddles of the Sphinx. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/riddles-sphinx.html

  6. 6.Worker's Village, Giza, NOVA "Excavating the Lost City." Photo by Mark Lehner. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/lehner-giza.html

  7. 7.Grave of a pyramid builder, Giza. Photo by SCA. http://www.drhawass.com/blog/press-release-new-tombs-found-giza

  8. 8.Harvesting Grapes, Tomb of Nakht, 18th Dynasty, Theban Tomb 52. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TT52

  9. 9.Baking and Brewing from the Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: North Wall, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, c. 2446-2389 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 08.201.1c. http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/100036385?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=egyptian+model+brewery&pos=3

  10. 10.Stele of Amenemhet and His Mother Yatu, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (c. 1976-1794 B.C.), Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1892.35. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/127894

  11. 11.Wall Fragment from the Tomb of Amenemhet and His Wife Hemet, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (1976-1794 BC), Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund, 1920.262. Photo by Lucas Livingston, 10 December, 2004. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/127859

  12. 12.Beer Jar (Tall shouldered jar), from Dendara, Egypt, New Kingdom, c. 1550-1070 BC, Nile silt earthenware, H: 24 cm, MFA Boston, 98.1082. http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/beer-jar-tall-shouldered-jar-134177

  13. 13.Mesopotamian cylinder seal, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. Photo by Lucas Livingston, 11 May 2012.

  14. 14.Aerial reconstruction of city of Akhetaten. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rgrosser/amarna/

  15. 15.Colossal Statue of Amenhotep IV with Nemes and Double Crown, Karnak, Gempaaten, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, 1353-1336 BC, Sandstone, Egyptian Museum, Cairo from Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen, cat. 23.

  16. 16.Funerary stela from el-Amarna, c. 1350 BC. Photo courtesy of J. Liepe, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum 14,122. http://www.flickr.com/photos/patmcgovern/4112166005/in/set-72157622824119626

  17. 17.Banquet scene, impression from a lapis lazuli cylinder seal from Queen Pu-abi's tomb in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, c. 2600-2500 BC, British Museum 121545. http://www.flickr.com/photos/patmcgovern/4112955030/in/set-72157622824119626

  18. 18.Hop Harvest. Photo by +Russ, 11 September 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/russ3ll/6142938528/

  19. 19.Zeer pot fridge. http://practicalaction.org/home/zeerpots

  20. 20.Mobah Rural Horizons. http://www.worldaware.org.uk/awards/awards2001/mobah.html

  21. 21.Zeer pot, Mohammed Bah Abba. http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/solar-fridge-invented-again-by-uk-student.html

  22. 22.Emily Cummins, Solar Evaporator Fridge. Graphic by John Lawson. http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/solar-fridge-invented-again-by-uk-student.html and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1108343/Amazing-solar-powered-fridge-invented-British-student-potting-shed-helps-poverty-stricken-Africans.html

  23. 23.Model of a brewery, from the tomb of Wepwawetemhat (tomb 14), Asyut, Egyptian, First Intermediate Period or Middle Kingdom, 2040-1991 BC, MFA Boston, 04.1782. http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/model-of-a-brewery-45322

  24. 24.Scene of Egyptians baking bread

  25. 25.Bouza, a homemade alcohol produced from barley and old bread. Photo by Jon Jensen/GlobalPost, 28 January 2010. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/egypt/100114/cairo-homebrew-liquor-moonshine?page=4

  26. 26.Detail from the interior of the Mastaba Tomb of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, Old Kingdom, 5th dynasty (c. 2,500 BC). Register 6 of the west wall of the Storeroom (Room II of MIFAO, room V of Porter & Moss) depicting brewing. http://www.osirisnet.net/mastabas/ty/e_ty_04.htm

  27. 27.Abigail Tucker, "The Beer Archaeologist," Smithsonian magazine, July-August 2011. Photo by Landon Nordeman. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=124099064&page=5

  28. 28.Lion Goddess Sekhmet, from Kom Ombo, Egypt. Photo by Gérard Ducher, 9 January 2006. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/File:GD-EG-KomOmbo016.JPG

  29. 29.Golden Mask of King Tutankhamun, Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Photo by Steve Evans, 15 January 2005. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Tut_Ankh_Amun_Golden_Mask.jpg

  30. 30.God Ra Horakhty, Tomb of Nefertari, Queen of Ramses II, c. 1298-1235 BC, Egypt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maler_der_Grabkammer_der_Nefertari_001.jpg

  31. 31.Hathor, Tomb of Nefertari, Queen of Ramses II, c. 1298-1235 BC, Egypt. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hathor_y_Nefertari.jpg

  32. 32.Detail from the interior of the Mastaba Tomb of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, Old Kingdom, 5th dynasty (c. 2,500 BC). West wall of the Storeroom (Room II of MIFAO, room V of Porter & Moss) depicting brewing, baking, and potting. http://www.osirisnet.net/mastabas/ty/e_ty_04.htm

  33. 33.A Page from the Naples Dioscurides, a 7th century manuscript of Dioscurides "De Materia Medica," Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, Cod. Gr. 1, Mandrake. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NaplesDioscuridesMandrake.jpg

  34. 34.Pomegranate. Photo by fir0002, flagstaffotos.com.au. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pomegranate02_edit.jpg

  35. 35.Peering down into Chamber 10 of Scorpion I’s tomb (U-j ) at Abydos, ca. 3150 B.C., filled with wine jars. (Photograph courtesy of German Institute of Archaeology, Cairo.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/patmcgovern/4112892596/in/set-72157622823900104

  36. 36.Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, c. 1390-1352 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15.8.3. http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/100000778?rpp=60&pg=1&ao=on&ft=sakhmet&pos=3

  37. 37.Statuette of Bastet, Late Period, Egyptian Museum Leipzig, 241. Photo by Einsamer Schütze, 8 August, 2008. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/File:%C3%84gyptisches_Museum_Leipzig_241.jpg

  38. 38.Studying Mandrakes in Herbology Class, Hogwarts, from "Harry Potter." http://idigitalcitizen.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/ron-weasley-hermione-granger-harry-potter-hp2-earmuffs-6x4.jpg?w=1800

  39. 39.Sun Over Pyramid. Deritavite by A. Parrot, Sep 11, 2009, from "Kheops pyramid" by Nina Aldin Thune, March 2005. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sun_Over_Pyramid.jpg

  40. 40.Malting Barley Promissing Delicious Beer, Pacov, Trenciansky, Slovakia. Photo by johan.pipet, 21 July 2010. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pipet/4820197501/in/photostream/

  41. 41.Wild Emmer, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France. Photo by Arthur Chapman, 1 July 2010. http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthur_chapman/4861328031/

  42. 42.Cedar of Lebanon. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cedrus_libani_shoot.jpg

  43. 43.Overview of Scorpion I’s tomb (U-j ) at Abydos, ca. 3150 B.C. Chamber 10 in the foreground is one of three that were filled with layer upon layer of resinated wine jars–about 700 altogether–which had been imported from the Jordan Valley and environs. A single whole, sliced fig had been suspended into some of the jars. (Photograph courtesy of German Institute of Archaeology, Cairo.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/patmcgovern/4112125909/in/set-72157622823900104/

  44. 44.Temple of Karnak, Photo by Lucas Livingston.

  45. 45.Pharaoh Ho'n'khamun. http://www.ancientartpodcast.org/brew/

  46. 46.Pharaoh Ho'n'khamun. http://www.ancientartpodcast.org/brew/

  47. 47.Pharaoh Ho'n'khamun. http://www.ancientartpodcast.org/brew/

  48. 48.Horus and Anubis, the college years. https://thoughtsonaplate.wordpress.com/tag/beer-quotes/

  49. 49.Slightly, um, "enhanced" version of Painted Limestone Stela of the Royal Family, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, from Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, fig. 70.