Israel Antiquities Authority

5,000-year-old yeast is being used by Israeli scientists to brew a pretty good beer

They isolated yeast from ancient pottery and created a libation imbibed by the Egyptian pharaoh and ancient Jewish leaders.

By Marcy Oster May 22, 2019 2:56 pm

The seal reads “(belonging) to Nathan-Melech, Servant of the King,” who is found in the Bible in the second book of Kings, 23:11.

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Israeli authorities recently located the 14th-century object in the possession of a backpacker seeking to cross over to Jordan.

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