5,000-Year-Old Bread Recipe Recreated in Turkey—and Locals Can’t Get Enough

Scientists discovered an ancient bread recipe in Turkey, and now they cannot continue with a local baking requirement.

Some 5,000 years ago, someone buried a piece of bread under the threshold of a house in Eskisehir, which is the center of Turkey. Archaeologists revealed that Kulluoba Hoyuk, Kulluoba Hoyuk, who has been investigating the Investigating Bronze Age in September 2024. Since March 28, the Eskisehir Archaeological Museum was shown a very protected bread.

“This is the oldest baked bread to come to light during the excavation and maintained his picture,” said Murat Turk, Archaeologist and Excavation interview With afp.

The analysis was made of the plant leaf, used as a coarse land EMmeri un-ancient wheat sort, lentils and a natural yeast owner. Straight as pancakes and disk shapes, the bread diameter measures about 5 inches (12.7 centimeters).

Interested in seeing the recipe to be restructured, local officials have contacted local officials with a loaf of bread in Eskisehir. Ancient Emmer seeds are no longer available in Turkey, but the bakers are wagled with bulgur and lentil to approximate the original items.

And probably delicious. The first bulk was sold in an hour and the bread sells about 300 loaves of 300 daily bread daily, daily. A total of 50 Turkish lira (about $ 1.30) are sold with municipal subsidies.

Another attractive side of the bread is to prepare drought from resistant plants. It drew attention to both archaeologists and local officials. At present, Turkey is developing intensive plants such as corn and sunflower, but Kavilca wheat is both drought and resistance to the disease.

“Our ancestors say a lesson to us. We must progress in less thirsty plants,” Ayse said to AFP.