The smell and spices of gingerbread are a sure way to warm your home during the holidays. Although gingerbread is old—it may have been introduced to Europe as early as the 11th century—it certainly isn’t ancient. For this Test Kitchen, we are trying something a little different and using an old family recipe to recreate an ancient object: a cuneiform tablet! So grab your stylus, because it’s time to become a scribe! Our model tablet comes from Mari, an ancient Syrian city located along the Euphrates River. Dating to the 18th century BCE, during the reign of King Zimri-Lim, it […]
