Tag Archive for 'Emmer'

During its zenith, the Hittite empire rivaled and threatened ancient Egypt.

Ancient Hittite Farmers Paid Taxes in Barley and Wheat

Oct 20, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of archaeologists from the United Kingdom and Germany has carried out an archaeobotanical analysis of plant remains recovered from the 3,500-year-old...

Barley (Hordeum vulgare). Image credit: Cliff.

Cereal Domestication May Have Started 10,000 Years Earlier than Scientists Thought

Oct 24, 2017 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, ancient peoples began to systemically affect the evolution...

Geographic and local position of the artifact at the summit of the Lötschenpass. Image credit: Rolf Wenger, Marcel Cornelissen & Badri Redha / Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern.

Archaeologists Find Frozen Bronze Age Wooden Container with Cereal Remains in Swiss Alps

Jul 26, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have found a well-preserved Early Bronze Age wooden vessel in the Swiss Alps. The artifact could help researchers shed new light on the...