Beer and its socio- cultural and religious importance in Ancient Egypt

Abstract

Alcohol and culture in different parts of the world have played parallel roles. Since the ancient times, we see patterns of alcohol use which clearly stands for the same. In ancient Egypt, alcohol, especially, Beer had an extensive part in the societal activities, not just in ceremonies and certain special occasions, beer was in fact used by the people on a daily basis, it is also said that „they would drink beer, than water‟. In this article the social cultural and religious, aspects of beer drinking patterns is observed.