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Uncorking the Past

Posted on August 12, 2010 | No Comments
In a lively tour around the world and through the millennia, this book tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink.
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Patrick McGovern is the Scientific Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Project for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia, where he is also an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology. In the popular imagination, he is known as the "Indiana Jones of Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages." Read more

Caption: “Dr. Pat” in the Lower Egyptian Gallery of the Penn Museum, with the largest sphinx in the Western hemisphere to his side and columns of the 13th c. B.C. Merenptah palace behind him. Photo by Alison Dunlap.
Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created

Additional Meal Pairings and Mood-Enhancing Atmospherics for the Ancient Ales described in Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-created
The Foreign Relations of the “Hyksos”

APPENDIX 4: AFTERWORD, PETROGRAPHIC ADDENDUM, AND POTTERY FIGURES
Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture
Ancient Brews Re-discovered and Recreated
The Late Bronze Egyptian Garrison at Beth Shan
The Foreign Relations of the Hyksos
The Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Central Transjordan
Uncorking the Past
Late Bronze Age Palestinian Pendants Innovation in a Cosmopolitan Age