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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.

Additional Meal Pairings and Mood-Enhancing Atmospherics for the Ancient Ales described in  Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-created

APPENDIX 4: AFTERWORD, PETROGRAPHIC ADDENDUM, AND POTTERY FIGURES