The answer recently arrived in the form of an amber brew that Mr. McDonnell believes is the closest approximation yet to what Rameses the Great may have been drinking between battles with the Hittites.
But he does believe that he has gone further than others in seeking out the exact ingredients the ancient Egyptians would have used and fermenting them with ancient yeast.
While wine is often associated with the Greco-Roman civilization, beer was integral to ancient societies in the Levant and the ancient Near East, said Marie Hopwood, a scholar of ancient beer.
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