What Did Ancient Egyptians Eat?

The West, descended from the Greeks, has always been fascinated by the powerful and mysterious Egyptian culture and their strange behavior. One of the things the Greeks were particularly interested in was the Egyptian diet. In fact, the Greek historian Herodotus spent a lot of time in his writings on Egypt tracing the exact dietary patterns of the ancient empire.


So what did these people eat? What gave them the strength to build the pyramids, stretching from the Nile, to create one of the most influential empires the world had ever seen? The answers may surprise you.