| Unlike pottery, arrow heads and metal tools, | | | | after relief from the heat.Even though ice cream |
| traces of ancient ice creams are not really | | | | itself leaves no visible mark in ancient history, |
| something that archaeologists can unravel. The ice | | | | items and buildings used for its creation can. |
| cream history is therefore elusive and not very | | | | Icehouses are for instance known to have |
| well known. People living in climates where ice and | | | | existed as early as 2,000 years B.C. in |
| snow formed naturally are believed to have | | | | Mesopotamia. Wealthy Mesopotamians had them |
| enjoyed a form of sorbet since prehistoric time | | | | built along the River Euphrates and used them to |
| by flavouring snow with fruit, berries and honey. | | | | store food. We also know from historical sources |
| This was probably especially popular in warm | | | | that several Egyptian pharaohs ordered ice to be |
| regions with high mountains, since snow could be | | | | shipped to them in the hot and sunny regions in |
| gathered from the high altitudes and brought | | | | which they lived. |
| down to regions where it provided much sought | | | | |