Discovering the Ancient Secrets of Wheat… and Other Cereal Grains

What do the goddess Demeter, ancient pizza, the port of Athens, measuring gold, the Peloponnesian war, Roman laws and ancient religious festivities have in common? Wheat and other cereal grains of course, which played such a crucial role in the lives of people in the ancient Greece and the whole Mediterranean!In this book, through activities, amusing texts and images, you will find out how cereal grains were used in cooking, medicine, commerce, religion, war and many other aspects of everyday life…. Let yourself be surprised by the facts, and the multiple ways the cereal grains were used in the past – many of which are still the same today!