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