A new study by Dr. Ismail Saafi from the Aix-Marseille Université provides details on the discovery of cooked snail remains at Kef Ezzahi in northern Tunisia. The snail remains, dating back approximately 7710 years, are the only known cases of snail remains in northern Africa with their epiphragms (temporary closing membrane) intact.The findings raise questions and shed light on snail consumption and the antiquity of culinary traditions in Tunisian societies. The findings are published in the journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.The site of Kef Ezzahi is one of a handful of sites that contain a rammadiyet (massive accumulations of shell...