For as long as people have had possessions, we have needed a way to store and protect them. In Ancient times, storage was mainly used to protect and preserve the most prized possession: food. Since Ancient civilizations lacked refrigerators they needed to come up with a way to preserve their meats. In Greece, Rome, and Egypt they used salt to remove the moisture from the meat to preserve it. It was then stored in clay pots. These clay pots become the ancient world’s first storage unit. Along with meat, grains like wheat and barley were a valuable commodity that needed to be properly stored and protected from insects and small rodents. Beginning in 8500 BC they built above-ground buildings out of pottery known as granaries. According to Wikipedia, granaries were used in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Great Britain. Of course, we now know the ones used in modern farming as grain elevators. Continue reading
Storage: Then and Now
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