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Mesopotamia 3000 BC - Origins of Ice Cream Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/17/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Mesopotamia (land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers) also known as Fertile Crescent and the "cradle of civilization" is where ice was harvested from the Taurus Mountains in the north and the Zagros Mountains in the east to make the earliest form of what eventually became ice cream.

              

The hidden story of Italian Ice Cream (gelato) - Fiorello's Artisan Gelato (fiorellosgelato.com)

La Macelleria gelateria- A Brief History of Gelato

Italian History – GELATO (wordpress.com)

The Ancient History of Ice Cream – Martini Fisher

Eat Like a Mesopotamian: Experts Reconstruct 4000-Year-Old Recipes | Ancient Origins (ancient-origins.net)

A Sweet History of Ice Cream: Who Invented Ice Cream? | History Cooperative

 

Other Gelato Containers throughout CP Hadley Park with Bonus Info:
Egyptian Pharaohs 2500 BC: Sorbet (GCA79WW)
Greeks 500 BC: Nectar of the Gods (GCA79WZ)
China 200 BC: Rice Cream (GCA79WX)
Roman 0 AD: Volcano Snow (GCA79X1)
Turkey 1000 AD: Dondurma - Stretchy Ice Cream (GCA79X7)
Inca 1400 AD: Ice Cream (GCA79X5)
India 1500 AD: Kulfi (GCA79X3)
Spanish Ice Cream 1500 AD: Ice Cream Demon (GCA79X6)
Mexico 1500 AD: Volcanic Sorbet rise to Chocolate (GCA79X8)
 

Solve these Mysteries:
Coney Island, New York 1919: Frozen Custard (GCA79XC)
Talenti 1565: Gelato (GCA79XB)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Yrnirf bs Guerr, Yrnir Gurz Or!  (Cbvfba Vil) Yrnirf bs Svir, Yrg Gurz Guevir.  (Ivetvavn Perrcre)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)