Origins of Beer

The Ancients

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🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

It's one of the most popular alcoholic drinks in the world. But did you know that beer is also one of the world's oldest beverages, with a history that stretches back more than 10,000 years. Beer was the beverage of choice for a whole host of ancient Bronze Age civilisations arrayed across Mesopotamia. But why did cities like Babylon and Uruk become the first great beer drinking cultures in history? And what traces of this love of alcohol did they leave behind?

In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by Prof. Tate Paulette to discover how those living on the plains of ancient Mesopotamia bred such a love for liquid amber and explore how exactly they brewed it.

Presented by Tristan Hughes. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. The producer is Joseph Knight, the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:57.0	Hi Tristan here and I have an exciting announcement. The ancients has been invited to open
1:06.8	the London Podcast Festival. We will be recording our very first live show on Thursday the 5th of September at 7 p.m. at King's Place
1:16.1	and being the first live show where we want it to be extra special so I've
1:20.7	invited a friend of the podcast Professor Lloyd L Llewellyn Jones, to join me on stage
1:25.3	where we will be diving into the captivating story of the Tower of Babel.
1:29.7	From its first mention in the Book of Genesis to the real life great ancient Babylonian structure that it was based on.
1:37.0	Of course the ancients is nothing without you, so we want you to be there in the audience taking part and asking us your burning questions.
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1:50.5	www. King'splace.co. UK.W. dot Kingsplace dot UK forward slash what's on or click the link in the show
1:57.2	notes of this episode. I really hope to see you there. Go into a bubble bar today and what beverage will you find on offer almost everywhere you go?
2:17.0	That's right, beer.
2:19.3	Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink in the world and it is also one of the oldest
2:24.8	because beer's history it stretches back more than 10,000 years.
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