When the water level in the Sea of Galilee dropped in 1989, archaeologists rushed to excavate Ohalo II, an ancient human settlement. On the floor of one hut they found a large, flat, basaltic stone.

This experiment recreates primitive bread making, from harvesting grain to baking a loaf in a clay oven. It takes handmade tools, a grinding stone, and cultivated yeast to turn the grain into bread.

If you’re ever invited to dinner at Kirk and Maryanne Welton’s house and there’s a fresh-baked loaf of whole-wheat bread on the table, you’ll know it’s a special occasion. Maryanne not only baked the ...

A metate is a grinding stone common to Mesoamerican cultures, past and present. Corn and other grains are ground against the volcanic stone with another stone held in the hand called a manos. Metate ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you’re ever invited to dinner at Kirk and Maryanne Welton’s house and there’s a fresh-baked loaf of whole-wheat bread on the table, you’ll know it’s a ...