Eggs Through History
From ancient creation myths to modern industrial farming, the egg has been a constant companion to human civilization. A timeline of the world's most versatile food.
9 eras
The OG Eggs: Dinosaurs Did It First
Pharaohs, Fertile Crescents, and the First Poultry Farms
Eggs, Philosophy, and the Roman Brunch
Lent, Ledgers, and the Egg Economy
Columbus, Chickens, and the Global Egg Trade
From Barnyard to Battery Cage
Refrigerators, Regulations, and the Cholesterol Wars
The Egg Renaissance: Cage-Free, Pasture-Raised, and Extremely Online
Eggs in Art, Sport, and the Collective Imagination
The story of the egg is the story of civilization itself.
The history continues to be written, one egg at a time.