Food and Beverages Wonders in Ancient Egypt 5500 years • The 1st Food recipe explains ingredients, cooking method with pictures • Egypt kitchen • Hunting meat • Banquet for the Queens • Egypt kitchen bakery • Beer making • A meal demonstration consists of bread and fish • Bread dough rolling and making • Ducks , goose and fish food processing • poultry , eggs, vegetables and cereals • Top : Grapes harvest and wine making founded bottom: Food processing • Fish from the River Nile • The fine dinning room • Duck ,fish ,eggs, dates and fruits • Egyptian models of clay beer jars • Milk was fed to sick ancient Egyptian children from these Bes jars in hopes that the milk would be transformed into medicine ceramic New Kingdom Late Period • Reconstructed kitchen as it as since 4500 years • Triangular bread loaf • An Egyptian eating duck • Egyptian farming • Dr. Zahi Hawas ( President of supreme council of antiquities ) on a press conference about a new excavations for new pyramid in Egypt • The interior Theban Tomb 1, on the West Bank of Luxor. Scenes in these tombs reflect daily life activities as well as religious themes • Herbal Remedies used by the Ancient Egyptians • Acacia (acacia nilotica)- vermifuge, eases diarrhea and internal bleeding, also used to treat skin diseases. • Aloe vera - worms, relieves headaches, soothes chest pains, burns, ulcers and for skin disease and allergies. • Basil (ocimum basilicum)- excellent for heart. • Balsam Apple (malus sylvestris)or Apple of Jerusalem - laxative, skin allergies, soothes headaches, gums and teeth, for asthma, liver stimulant, weak digestion. • Bayberry(Myrica cerifera) - stops diarrhea, soothes ulcers, shrinks hemorrhoids, repels flies. • Belladonna - pain reliever;camphor tree - reduces fevers, soothes gums, soothes epilepsy. • Caraway (Carum carvi; Umbelliferae)- soothes flatulence, digestive, breath freshener. • Cardamom( Eletarria cardamomum; Zingiberacae)- Used as a spice in foods,digestive, soothes flatulence. • Colchicum (Citrullus colocynthus) - also known as "Meadow Saffron", soothes rheumatism, reduces swelling. • Common Juniper tree (Juniperis phonecia; Juniperus drupacea)- digestive, soothes chest pains, soothes stomach cramps. • Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba; Piperaceae)- urinary tract infections, larynx and throat infections, gum ulcers and infections, soothes headaches. • Dill (Anethum graveolens)- soothes flatulence, relieves dyspepsia, laxative and diuretic properties. • Fenugreek(Trigonella foenum-graecum) - respiratory disorders, cleanses the stomach, calms the liver, soothes pancreas, reduces swelling. • Herbal Remedies used by the Ancient Egyptians (continued) • References: • www.egyptianagriculture.com/images/egyptian • www.experience-ancient-egypt.com/images/egypt.. • culinary-colorado.blogspot.com/2009/02/food-p.. • farm4.static. newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45197000/jpg/flickr.com/3046/2793024263_3495b... • http://www.drhawass.com/photoblog/theban-tomb-1 • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html • http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb • http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq3.html#egypt • http://www.eyelid.co.uk/karnak1.htm • http://www.guardians.net/egypt/ • http://showcase.netins.net/web/ankh/ • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ • http://www.watson.org/~leigh/egypt.html#intro