Wheat Germ Oil

Wheat was the backbone of the Egyptian diet, baked into flatbreads that sustained people across all classes. Workers on royal projects, including the pyramid builders, were often paid in bread and beer rather than coins.

Wheat was seen as a divine gift from Isis, “The Divine Baker” symbolizing the transformation of wheat into nourishing bread and representing prosperity. She symbolized renewal and abundance, and Egyptians placed grains of wheat in tombs to ensure the dead were nourished for eternity.

Archaeologists have uncovered 3,000-year-old Egyptian wheat grains, genetically similar to modern bread, show how ancient fields shaped both civilization and global food history.