9 of the oldest food recipes from history still in use today
Food is so much more than just a source of nourishment and subsistence. Its richness colors culture, history, and even literature. Its coalescing prowess brings…
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World’s oldest known evidence of winemaking discovered in Georgia
Historians have always considered Georgia as the cradle of winemaking, while their southern Mesopotamian neighbors were adept at crafting beer. And now archaeology bolsters this…
10 of the world’s fascinating oldest objects you should know about
History is replete with the achievements of humanity in various fields, ranging from curious art to complex mathematics; from the simple pleasures of life to…
12 incredible ancient Egyptian inventions you should know about
In one of our earlier articles, we talked about how Mesopotamia is widely considered to have fueled some of the most crucial inventions in human…
5000-year old ancient pottery reveals world’s oldest known Italian wine
A few days ago, we talked about how beer made from standardized recipes was widely consumed in Mesopotamia, by circa 5th millennium BC. Well, now…
3700-year old Babylonian tablet may contain the world’s oldest known trigonometric table
When it comes to the history of incredible inventions, advanced mathematics was one of the major developments that came out of Mesopotamia. Pertaining to this…
Listen to the earliest surviving secular English song, dated from 13th century AD
A few days ago, we talked about the world’s oldest known secular Norse song. Well, this time around, shifting our focus to another Germanic language…
Listen to the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music in European history
A research scope completed in 2014 shed light into the what had been termed as the “earliest known practical example of polyphonic music”. Pertaining to…
Listen to the world’s oldest known playable musical instrument – a 9,000-year old flute
Back in 1999, Chinese archaeologists in collaboration with Garman Harbottle, a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, unearthed what is believed to be…
Edwin Smith Papyrus: The World’s Oldest Known Surgical Treatise, And Yet It Might Be A Copy!
The world’s oldest surviving human rights artifact was possibly shaped by the Persians in 6th century BC, via the Cyrus Cylinder. Well, another crucial ‘humane’…
