Archeologists find 3,300-year-old burnt wheat

Jerusalem Post ^ | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | Sharon Udasin

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A team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) uncovered 14 large pithoi-style bulk storage jugs filled with the wheat inside what was a storage room in a monumental, palace-like building from the Canaanite period (2,000-3,000 BCE), the INPA said on Monday.

After the jars are fully exposed the researchers will transfer them to conservation and restoration laboratories. Afterwards, the palace will be covered up again until the next excavation season.

Archeological excavations at Hatzor have been conducted by Hebrew University in cooperation with the INPA for the past couple of decades. In 2007, according to the INPA, the hill was given World Heritage Site status...

Significant excavations in the 1950s and '60s were led by Yigael Yadin, the archeologist responsible for discoveries at Masada and Megiddo, according to Tsuk. Tel Hatzor received World Heritage Site status, alongside the biblical remains at Megiddo and Beersheba, in large part due to Yadin's work, Tsuk said.

"The water system built at Hatzor is one of the largest and most amazing that have been exposed in the country, and everyone who continues to explore the site finds more and more secrets and details about our past in Israel," he added.

Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor, of the Hebrew University, likewise praised the work of Yadin, noting that further excavations at the site were halted after his research until 1990.

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Of course, when people screwed up that bad in the ancient kitchens, they’d get their heads chopped off. Given some of the restaurant food I’ve experienced, I’m not sure we have a better system now. ;’)

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ooooh, the headline is waaaay off, good catch! Thanks bunkerhill7.

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Eventually, mankind would succeed in inventing burnt toast.