While it is impossible to trace the exact origin of beer, we know that it has been around since at least 3400 B.C. and in all likelihood, centuries before that. Residue of the first known barley beer was found in a jar at the Godin Tepe excavation site in modern-day Iran, thousands of years ago. Egyptian Pharaohs were known to be buried with beer to take a pint or two with them to the after-life. A 6000-year-old Sumerian tablet depicts people consuming beer through straws and even contains the one of the first recorded recipes for brews.