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LENTILS LEFT CLUES
A tiny seed can survive a very long time.
Lentils have been identified among plant remains from ancient Egyptian archaeological sites. Unlike a complete recipe, a surviving lentil does not tell us exactly how a meal was prepared.
But it can tell us something important:
This plant was part of the ancient Egyptian food world.
FOLLOW THE CLUE
What can one tiny seed tell us about the people who grew, stored, prepared, and ate food thousands of years ago?
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