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Archaeologists find 2,000 year-old beef portion in ancient tomb in northwest China
New Straits Times ^
| September 29, 2012
| Bernama
Posted on 10/06/2012 10:08:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists said a black substance found in an ancient tomb in northwest China's Shaanxi province is a 2,000-year-old portion of beef.
Scientists arrived at the conclusion after months of analysis confirmed the substance's makeup, according to Hu Songmei, a paleontologist from the provincial archaeological institute.
Xinhua news agency reports that according to Hu, the beef -- most of which had been carbonised -- is the earliest beef product discovered in China.
The beef was discovered two years ago in a bronze pot placed in a tomb believed to date back to the Warring States Period (475 B.C. -- 221 B.C.), said Hu.
The tomb was discovered during a excavation conducted by the institute from 2009 to 2010 in Wanli village in the provincial capital of Xi'an.
"The beef did not shrink, which proves that it had been dried before being put into the pot," said Hu.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: china; godsgravesglyphs; warringstates
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:08:49 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:10:06 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Sounds very much like the last breakfast steak I had at the local diner
To: SunkenCiv
I got older beef than that in the bottom of my freezer.
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:15:23 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
The most amazing part of this find was right next to the 2000 year-old beef-—a 2000 year-old bottle of A.1.
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:18:42 AM PDT
by
Kharis13
(That noise you hear is our Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
To: SunkenCiv
Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us.
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:18:57 AM PDT
by
I see my hands
(It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
To: SunkenCiv
Aging is nature's tenderizer (ask any buzzard) but golly gee whizz!
The poor gardener who lost his head because he could not abide the rotting pheasant Pilot Blackthorne had hanging for a future supper would be extra appalled.
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:19:36 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("Water is wet and Obama is a liar.")
To: Happy Rain
Chili was invented by the ancient Egyptians?
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:22:03 AM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(If Obama wins he will be an evil tyrant over America.)
To: Kharis13
You bring the A1, I’ll start the grill.
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:22:21 AM PDT
by
JimmyMc
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:25:34 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: SunkenCiv
My money would have been on it being canine.
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:27:44 AM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:28:03 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: SunkenCiv
That was from the local takeout restaurant in Xi’an in 2 AD.
In fact next to it they found BOTH a fortune cookie (”This meat last you a long time”) and a papyrus receipt.
It said “#69, Beef with Brocolli, extra spicy, white rice”
To: SunkenCiv
it had been dried beforeThe Chinese invented beef jerky.
To: SunkenCiv; Revolting cat!; JoeProBono; Daffynition; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:39:48 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
To: Rapscallion
Chili seasoning makes rotted meat palatable and even tastier than fresh flesh if prepared correctly.
Thousand year old eggs are a delicacie in China.
Except for a Polar Bear's liver, we can eat any meat from land sea or air as long as we have the natural immunity to common filth and bacteria unpampered at birth humans enjoy.
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:55:41 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("Water is wet and Obama is a liar.")
To: SunkenCiv
I had all my money on General Tso’s Chicken.
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:56:07 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
10/06/2012 10:59:03 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: SunkenCiv
Their is a monster in law Meat Loaf joke just waiting to emerge here....
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posted on
10/06/2012 11:07:11 AM PDT
by
taildragger
(( Fubarward Obama 2012, think about it :-) ))
To: SunkenCiv
Mmmmm....carbonized beef....arghhhh.....
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posted on
10/06/2012 11:13:38 AM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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