Ever wanted a taste of life in an ancient civilization? The oldest cookbook ever found was made sometime around 1600 BC in the ancient city of Babylon. It’s a set of cracked tablets engraved by an early civilization’s version of a master chef. There are parts missing, there are words we can’t translate, and the writers didn’t bother to write down any quantities or cooking times. Still, it’s our best chance to get an idea of what it might have been like to sit down for a meal 3,600 years ago.