Archive: https://archive.today/Plcce From the post: >>There's nothing quite like having a drink to celebrate payday – and it turns out this tradition dates back thousands of years. Scientists have discovered one of the earliest known beer tabs in the National Museum of Denmark. For over a century, the museum has housed a large collection of inscribed tablets from the earliest civilisations of the Middle East, written in languages that are now extinct. Now, for the first time, experts have deciphered them and discovered texts about magic, kings and alcohol transactions.