welcome
Gizmodo

Gizmodo

Entertainment

Entertainment

5,000-Year-Old Bread Recipe Recreated in Turkeyâand Locals Can't Get Enough

Gizmodo
Summary
Nutrition label

70% Informative

Some 5,000 years ago , someone buried a piece of charred bread beneath the threshold of a house in what is now Eskisehir in central Turkey .

Archaeologists unearthed it in September 2024 during an excavation at Kulluoba Hoyuk , a Bronze Age settlement.

Analysis revealed that the bread was made from coarsely ground emmer flourâan ancient wheat varietyâalong with lentil seeds and a plant leaf used as a natural leavening agent.

VR Score

66

Informative language

64

Neutral language

2

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1

Affiliate links

no affiliate links