Question

creating connections social studies: world history 1
someday archaeologists will be able to figure out what we ate. how? not because foodies like to post on instagram. after all, we know a lot about what ancient people ate. and they didnt have instagram. the key to figuring out ancient menus is this: digging through the trash.
in jerusalem, archaeologists dug up a landfill. it was from the first century ce. the trash helped them find clues about the foods of the ancient hebrews.
the main course
the ancient hebrews left a list of religious laws about food. the laws told them what they were supposed to eat. but the trash showed what they really ate.
the trash included 12,000 animal bones. what did the bones
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workers look for objects connected to ancient jerusalem.
question 1
what is this article mainly about?
a. the food laws of ancient hebrews
b. the foods that ancient hebrews ate
c. different types of carbs
d. different uses for olive oil
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Explanation:

The article talks about archaeologists studying ancient Hebrews' food by examining trash (a landfill from 1st century CE). Option A is about food laws, but the article focuses on actual foods eaten. Option C is about carbs, not mentioned. Option D is about olive oil uses, not the focus. So the main topic is the foods ancient Hebrews ate.

Answer:

B. The foods that ancient Hebrews ate