(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Friday Night Beer Blog [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-24 Hi beer fans, happy Friday! -— Beer news this week: - Archaeologists have discovered a 2700 B.C. bar in Iraq Archaeologists recently excavated a site in Iraq dating to around 2700 B.C. in the ancient Sumerian city-state of Lagash that they think could contain the oldest tavern ever discovered. "We found the remains of a public eatery, the earliest that we are aware of in one of the first cities of southern Mesopotamia," said Holly Pittman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and project director of the excavation... Archaeologists found a seven-room structure featuring an open courtyard with benches and a large open cooking area with a 10-foot-wide mud-brick oven. They also discovered a primitive refrigerator. Known as a "zeer" in Arabic, the device consisted of two bottomless clay jars that used evaporation to help cool perishable items. In another room, the team discovered a large quantity of conical bowls that held ready-to-eat food and jars that the archaeologists think contained beer… Archaeologists don't know for certain what was in the numerous jars at the tavern. However, the vast number of clay stoppers with seals featuring government markings - the ancient Sumerians kept track of goods for tax and quality purposes - indicates that some of them at least contained alcoholic beverages... "Our field director, Sara Pizzimenti, was really excited when she told me, 'We have a tavern!'" Pittman recalled. "She trained on Roman tavernas, so she recognized immediately what we had." [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/24/2154431/-Friday-Night-Beer-Blog Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/