Saturday, November 22 2025

Day: November 22, 2025

3,000-Year-Old Honey-Barley Bread Recreated in Ancient Hasankeyf

3,000-Year-Old Honey-Barley Bread Recreated in Ancient Hasankeyf

Researchers in Türkiye’s historic district of Hasankeyf have successfully recreated a 3,000-year-old honey-barley bread, using instructions preserved in cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia. The experimental culinary project, conducted by faculty members at Batman University’s Hasankeyf Vocational School, brings one of the world’s earliest documented bread recipes back to life. The academic team—İlker Aksoy, Hüseyin Gül,