Sacred bread - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 06 Aug 2018 05:20:50 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Sacred bread - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Archaeology reveals sacred bread's 14,000-year tradition https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/08/06/archaeology-sacred-bread-tradition/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 07:55:17 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=110193 Archaeology has revealed the earliest known bread appears to have been made for use in a ceremonial or religious context some 14,400 years ago. Investigations in a remote desert site in north-east Jordan, suggests that the bread was probably consumed as part of a ceremonial or ritually important communal meal. It is 5000 years more Read more

Archaeology reveals sacred bread's 14,000-year tradition... Read more]]> Archaeology has revealed the earliest known bread appears to have been made for use in a ceremonial or religious context some 14,400 years ago.

Investigations in a remote desert site in north-east Jordan, suggests that the bread was probably consumed as part of a ceremonial or ritually important communal meal.

It is 5000 years more ancient than the previously known oldest example of bread. Read more

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