I took a wistful reverie To heal from the cataclysm Our confluence had brought. Yet in my trance The muses stabbed me With shards of moments. And I bled tears, When my torment was complete, The tears dried. And the shards froze, Into perfect crystal souvenirs In my heart. Poem previously published at: https://allpoetry.com/poem/15641776-The-Souvenirs-You-Left-by-AbhijitChatterjee
Brewery Excavated at Abydos At North Abydos , Sohag, Egypt a team of Egyptian-American archaeologists uncovered a funerary site. From this site, they excavated a 5000-year-old brewery . Archaeologists are of the opinion that it was a high-production unit for beer. A total of 40 earthenware pots has been excavated from the site. “The brewery likely dates back to the era of King Narmer ” - said the team in a Facebook post. Currently, it is believed to be the oldest high-production brewery in the world. To the ancient Egyptians, beer was a great way of preserving food grains. The Egyptian hieroglyphs depict beer as a part of their meal, along with bread, dried fish and onions. Ancient Egyptian Brewing Culture During the early stages of the culture of brewing, women were the chief brewers and brewing was a kind of cottage industry. It is thought that men took over the business of brewing sometime during the reign of Pharaoh Mentuhotep II (2050 - 2000 BCE...