4700 Year-Old Tavern Discovered

Paywall on the Miami site. Here are two others:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/lagash-tavern-0017863

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/lagash-southern-iraq-site-unearthing-archaeological-passing-time

The drink of choice would have been, of course, beer. Perhaps they will find some shards whose inner coatings reveal ingredients, yeast strains, etc.

 

Were there skeletons in the corner of Homo Neckbeardicus

 

Did they discover preserved bathroom graffiti, also, by chance?

 

“For a good time call Beltis: 666”

Cheers!

 

Maybe they all just skipped out on their bar tab en masse.

 

Man i’m such a nerd because this really brought the out the lols


hahah well done

 

Got sued for trademark by time travelers because they only served one beer-> All Lagash White….

 

If it was 4,700 years ago probably closed when their Egyptian investors pulled out when they lost all their money in a pyramid scheme.

 

Those Sumerians were no joke. They had different beer varieties, beer fests, etc. They should totally reopen this one.

 

And those Sumerians knew how to party! Communal drinking of beer using fancy straws:

 

Ruined by kids and dogs.

 

A quote from the Penn Today article:

"However, we also think that Lagash was a significant population center that had ready access to fertile land and people dedicated to intensive craft production."

See. We can thank Iraq for todays craft beer scene.

Seriously, though, that this excavation could happen after what Iraq has been through in the past few decades is amazing.

 

Yes, and the archaeology program at U Penn is clearly once again involved in some great research... There was a fallow period--

 

And those f**king flights tying up the line.

 

Yes. After translation they figured it to be "Kilroy will be here".

 

What a great article. The world is all of a piece everywhere. Humanity may be ephemeral but it is real......

 

And people wanting flights. Those little urns take forever to fill up.