Abydos Royal Brewery • World’s oldest industrial-scale brewery dating to c. 3000 BCE (Dynasty 0-1) • Site discovered by T.E. Peet in 1911, but its original purpose and function were not understood until more than one hundred years later • Redis
       
     
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Abydos Royal Brewery • World’s oldest industrial-scale brewery dating to c. 3000 BCE (Dynasty 0-1) • Site discovered by T.E. Peet in 1911, but its original purpose and function were not understood until more than one hundred years later • Redis
       
     
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Abydos Royal Brewery

• World’s oldest industrial-scale brewery dating to c. 3000 BCE (Dynasty 0-1)

• Site discovered by T.E. Peet in 1911, but its original purpose and function were not understood until more than one hundred years later

• Rediscovered and investigated by Matthew D. Adams and Deborah Vischak between 2018 and 2021

• Focus of ongoing investigation of beer production and its cultural significance at the beginning of Egyptian history through NEH-funded research project, “The Abydos Royal Breweries and the Emergence of Kingship in Egypt” (Matthew D. Adams, P.I.)

• Read more about the discovery and excavation of the Abydos Royal Brewery site on our blog

• Watch “How Beer Made Kings in Early Egypt,” by Matthew D. Adams (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, 2021)

Photo (1) courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society © 1911/12, (2) Second Dynasty beer jar from the Khasekhemwy Enclosure, Abydos Archaeology © 2019

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