Food in Mesopotamia: 10.000 years of cooking, brewing, and feasting

Name of applicant

Mette Marie Hald

Title

Senior Researcher

Institution

National Museum of Denmark

Amount

DKK 905,754

Year

2025

Type of grant

Monograph Fellowships

Summary

This book explores the cooking traditions of Mesopotamia, from the first villages of the Neolithic to the empires of the Iron Age. I draw from a range of archaeological, historical, and scientific data, which together provide a comprehensive overview of current knowledge on food practices, from preparing daily meals to organising the "culinary theatre" of royal feasting.

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