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Khorasan wheat, sold under the KAMUT® brand name, was not native to Egypt where it was first obtained by an American airman in 1949. The airman was told it came from a tomb in Egypt, but it is more likely that the grain was purchased from a street vendor in Cairo. The ancient grain of the Pharaohs found in the tombs was einkorn. (See our section titled Origin and Taxonomy) It is not known when khorasan wheat was introduced into Egypt, where it is now called Balady durum, meaning “native durum”. Speculation about its origin includes introduction by invading armies of the ancient Greeks or Romans or possibly later by the Byzantine Empire. Local legends are told by farmers in Turkey, where the wheat can still be found growing in small plots. The legends say that Khorasan which is also called Camel’s Tooth or the Prophet’s Wheat was the grain Noah brought with him on the ark.