Like wildfire, information has spread over the past few days regarding the origin of chicken meals and the role of the Egyptians in having them on our tables today, on social media.
Many users have confirmed that the ancient Egyptians were the first people in the world to raise chicken and make it a delicious food on the table.
They also pointed out that the ancient world did not know the chicken dish, but thanks to the pharaoh “Thothmus III”, it was discovered by ancient civilizations.
They also claimed that “Thothmus III”, who ruled Egypt in the fifteenth century BC, brought these birds from Syria to Egypt and protected them from extinction, from which they spread around the world.
Came from Syria
However, this information is completely wrong, as several researchers have confirmed that the Egyptians were not the first to eat chicken in the world
In this context, the researcher specializing in evolutionary biology, Muhammad Sorour, explained that chickens did indeed reach ancient Egypt from Syria, but the Egyptians were not the first to eat chicken in the world, but other peoples preceded them.
He also added that “the domestication of chickens reached the Middle East 4,000 years ago, specifically to Syria, and entered Egypt in the fifteenth century BC, but for the purpose of cockfighting, not eating.”
And he added, “The Egyptians did not eat chicken except during the Ptolemaic era in the fourth century BC.
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In turn, the Egyptian archaeologist Ayman Muhammad supported his colleague’s words, adding that the red forest chicken was domesticated for the first time in Southeast Asia, and from there to Western Asia, and then entered the Middle East through Persia and from there to Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine in regarding the third millennium BC, from which it entered East Africa through Egypt first and then the rest of Africa.
He also added that Thutmose III saw chickens and knew them for the first time when he arrived in his campaigns to Syria, so he was excited to add them to his own garden, which included animals and birds, and from here this type of bird came to Egypt, and at that time it was not used as food.
It is noteworthy that chicken meat was never the most important on the Egyptian table, but it has always been famous for duck meat, which still enjoys a great place on their tables.