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Ancient mummies found buried with world's oldest cheese
L. A. Times ^
| 2-28-2014
| Jean Harris
Posted on 03/01/2014 3:15:21 AM PST by Renfield
For some cheese lovers, the older and stinkier the cheese, the better. Well, what about a cheese that's been aging for 3,600 years?
Yellow lumps, believed to be the world's oldest cheese, were found on mummies buried in the Taklamakan Desert in northwestern China. The cheese, which was found during archaeological excavations that took place between 2002 and 2004, dates to as early as 1615 BC.
The cheese was found on the necks and chests of the mummies. The multiple layers of cowhide the mummies were buried in, and the dry, salty desert helped preserve the cheese....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Food; History; Science
KEYWORDS: afanasevo; agriculture; ancientautopsies; ancientoriginssucks; animalhusbandry; archaeology; cheese; cheesemaking; china; dietandcuisine; fromage; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; lactose; lactoseintolerance; lactosetolerance; milk; mummies; sheep; silkroad; taklamakan; taklamakandesert; tarimbasin; tocharian; tocharians; xinjiang
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I'll go ahead and add this just to get it out of the way...
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:15:21 AM PST
by
Renfield
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:15:39 AM PST
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
Lumps of cheese, shown with arrowheads, were collected from the neck and chest of a female mummy known as the "Beauty of Xiaohe." Inset shows an enlarged view of a cheese lump.
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:18:29 AM PST
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
yeah. ;-)..Moose..cheese..(mehican :) sister..BUMP
who knew Modern Archeologists' findings could be so funny?
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:31:30 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: Renfield
Not to be ‘cheezy’ but I am thinking the cheese was buried with the mummies, not the other way around...
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:31:36 AM PST
by
ArtDodger
To: Renfield
Did someone have to first taste it to determine it was cheese?
"Larry, taste that and see if it's cheese..."
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:35:24 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Occam's razor was made by Gillette)
To: ArtDodger
I don’t know about that. When it’s time to bury my cheese, you may as well throw me in the ground with it.
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:37:46 AM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: Renfield
Would Bill Clinton date her?
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:42:06 AM PST
by
22202NOVA
("Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage." -- H.L. Mencken)
To: 22202NOVA
presumably, age is not a factor.
(from what I've heard, even if it moves or
doesn't..not even the honorable Laz.)
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:58:24 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: Renfield
“Very well then, I’ll have to shoot you.”
To: Renfield
Has to be Velveeta. Only stuff that can last that long
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posted on
03/01/2014 4:05:52 AM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: Renfield
I don’t care how %$#&@&&! runny it is.... hand it over with all speed!
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posted on
03/01/2014 4:21:04 AM PST
by
Klemper
To: BykrBayb
Heard it was a real cheezy funeral..
To: Renfield
Don’t tell me.... I’m keen to guess!
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posted on
03/01/2014 4:48:18 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Renfield
Jeez, maybe the mummy was cooking macaroni and cheese.
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:07:01 AM PST
by
ExCTCitizen
(2014: The Year of DEAD RINOS)
To: b4its2late
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:17:59 AM PST
by
Klemper
To: 22202NOVA
“Would Bill Clinton date her?”
More so, would Laz hit it?
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:34:38 AM PST
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: Renfield
Ahh.....Royalty!!!
She was the Big Cheese!
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:42:17 AM PST
by
G Larry
(Did You Like That Better?)
To: Renfield
the world's oldest cheese [snip]
found on mummies buried in the Taklamakan Desert in northwestern ChinaMakes one wonder when the Chinese became intolerant of dairy, either that or . . . .
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:14:09 AM PST
by
Oratam
To: Renfield
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:19:28 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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