Support WBUREat Like The Ancient Babylonians: Researchers Cook Up Nearly 4,000-Year-Old RecipesPlay03:57Download AudioScott SimonPeter BreslowEd McNultyMaria GodoyNovember 16, 2019 ShareThe Yale Babylonian Collection houses four unique tablets that contain various recipes for stews, soups and pies. Three of these tablets date back to the Old Babylonian period, no later than 1730 B.C. (Yale Babylonian Collection)