A map shows the location of Raqefet Cave and additional Natufian sites in Mt. Carmel; field photos of the studied boulder mortars and the the cave floor
(scale bar and arrow: 20 cm); a functional reconstruction of the mortars: a boulder mortar used to store plants in a basket with a stone slab on top, and a
bedrock mortar used for pounding and cooking plants and brewing beer.
(Credits to Elsevier, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Credits for photos: Dror Maayan; Graphic design: Anat Regev-Gisis)1 posted on
09/16/2018 7:17:51 AM PDT by
ETL
2 posted on
09/16/2018 7:18:14 AM PDT by
ETL
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Natufians brewed beer as part of ritual feasts that honored the dead.
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Who knew that the Irish came from Israel. Ha ha.
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Maybe this person should have been notified about this place.
6 posted on
09/16/2018 7:23:38 AM PDT by
OttawaFreeper
("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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Microscopic traces of ancient starches extracted from the Raqefet Cave (left) are compared to the references Stanford
University Prof. Li Liu and her research replicated in their beer brewing experiments. (Credit: Li Liu)
9 posted on
09/16/2018 7:27:27 AM PDT by
ETL
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Oldest. First ever. Only. Yeah, sure, until they find another older whatever.
12 posted on
09/16/2018 7:38:15 AM PDT by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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A team of Stanford University and Israeli archaeologists stand in the entrance to Raqefet Cave, where they found
evidence for the oldest man-made alcohol in the world. From left, Dani Nadel, Li Liu, Jiajing Wang and Hao Zhao.
(Image credit: Li Liu)14 posted on
09/16/2018 7:42:07 AM PDT by
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17 posted on
09/16/2018 7:47:43 AM PDT by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
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Dude, I knew my people were good but this shows they were really good!!
18 posted on
09/16/2018 7:48:41 AM PDT by
Natufian
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“Raqefet Cave”
Yeah sure..but did they celebrate Oktoberfest while dancing to Polka music in their lederhosen?
21 posted on
09/16/2018 7:50:51 AM PDT by
Leep
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"It's a pilsner with hints of vanilla and lemon peel."
"It's great with the ground sloth we have grilling."
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Proof that the original inhabitants of the area were not Muslims.
26 posted on
09/16/2018 8:03:03 AM PDT by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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They’re not saying it so I will. Alcohol was the reason for agriculture. Efficient hunter gatherers needed a powerful motivation to stay put and buckle down.
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Beer also helped develop our powers of speech...and our inclination to exercise them. :)
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An ancient brewery in Occupied Palestine? Paging Boycott-Divest-Sanction... Paging BDS... Roger Waters and BDS to the white courtesy phone, please!
Besides, everyone knows that alcohol is haram!
/yes, all of the above was sarcasm.
37 posted on
09/16/2018 9:57:06 AM PDT by
Kriggerel
("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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"World's oldest brewery discovered, was making beer 13,000 years ago" Ahhhhhhh...13,000 years...aged to perfection...
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