What did the ancient Egyptians eat? The Assassin's Creed game "Assassin's Creed: Origins" The main food crops in ancient Egypt were wheat and barley. The number one staple food was bread made of wheat flour.

The first people to invent bread were the Egyptians. As early as 5,000 years ago, they mastered the key technology of making bread-dough fermentation.

A relief from the Old Kingdom shows 19 types of bread, including oval, square, flat, and white conical pastries with honey.

But it’s hard to imagine what they look like from the text, but luckily I found similar bread in the game: Ancient Egyptian bread Picture from: game “Assassin’s Creed: Origins” Ancient Egyptian pastry Picture from: game “Assassin’s Creed”

:Origin》Since there is no need to worry about food production, not only the rich people in ancient Egypt can eat every day, but even the poor can generally eat bread every day.

Statue of a woman grinding flour Picture from: Panorama.com You can see locals making bread in many places in the game, maybe in a corner of the market or in the backyard of a certain family.

If just looking at the objects in the museum can't help you imagine it well, it's better to look at the scenes in the game.

First, someone needs to be dedicated to grinding the flour.

What is done is to use a stone to grind the grain back and forth on a curved stone slab. At this time, it is possible to mix in stones and sand.

Image from: The game Assassin’s Creed: Origins Then someone comes and makes the dough.

Take the ground flour, add some yeast, salt and water to knead the dough.

If the raw materials are richer, you can also consider adding some honey and fruits.

Picture from: The game "Assassin's Creed: Origins" Finally, someone is responsible for baking.

Shape the dough into various shapes, maybe round or long, and put it in the oven for baking in the end.

Picture from: The game "Assassin's Creed: Origins" Although the rich and poor may have different tastes in the bread they eat, they all have the same trouble: the flour grinding technology in ancient Egypt was very poor, and the flour was always mixed with sand and debris.

The bread made from the stones is naturally chewy.

According to the examination of bones and mummies, ancient Egyptians often had bad teeth at a young age.

Well, I kinda don’t want to try their bread.

Can you identify the carrots at the fruit and vegetable stall in the game?

Carrots in ancient Egypt were not orange as is common today. There were also many purple, yellow and red carrots at that time, and the promotion of orange carrots was all due to the efforts of the Dutch.

They are all colored orange in the game probably for easier identification.

The picture comes from: Olive oil pressing in the game "Assassin's Creed: Origins". The picture comes from: The game "Assassin's Creed: Origins". In addition to the staple food, of course there are other foods to enrich the ancient Egyptian table, such as broad beans, green beans, chickpeas and other beans.

As well as vegetables such as onions, garlic, leeks, radishes, cucumbers and lettuce, fruits such as figs and pomegranates, and oils from oil plants such as olive trees.

You can clearly see onions on the plate. The picture comes from: The scene of people cooking in the ancient Egyptian murals in the game "Assassin's Creed: Origins". The picture comes from: Panorama.com Stew the bread, beans, and vegetables into a pot of porridge, and add beer to make it thick.

It's a poor man's meal.

As for meat, only the rich could afford it.

Meat-selling stall Picture from: The game "Assassin's Creed: Origins" Poultry is mainly geese and ducks. As for chickens, they were only introduced to Egypt during the Ptolemaic period.

As long as you look carefully (wander around), you will see chickens running all over the ground in a certain village in the game.

: Game "Assassin's Creed: Origins" In addition, an archaeological discovery in recent years showed that although they were close to the Nile River, ancient Egyptians rarely ate fish.