Posted on 12/17/2016 10:20:36 AM PST by LouieFisk
A vessel containing meat soup, prepared more than 2,000 years ago, was discovered during archaeological excavations in China's Henan province, authorities said on Thursday. The stew, containing beef bones and other ingredients, was discovered on Monday at an archaeological tomb site in Chengyang district near the city of Xinyang, Efe news reported.
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Not trusting it without an independently done DNA test.
“Heres a story about a 2000yo mummy whos almost fresh as a daisy, her limbs still flexible. No consensus as to why.”
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Bookmarked to view later. I know of Chinese mummies, but not so much the state of individual ones.
The Incan girl mummy is something, too.
http://www.livescience.com/images/i/000/055/287/original/incan-mummy-maiden-1.jpg
Yes, but no saltines. What a shame.
“Ramen noodle-flavored meat soup”
Chinese authorities are angered by the discovery since the letters on the tin containing the soup reads “Dinty Moore”. Happiness in a can.
Ramen Noodles have a a 2,000 year shelf life.
“Then ate it. LOL!
And right beside it, scientists found a half eaten eggroll that was one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years, eleven months, thirty days, twenty three hours and thirty minutes old.
I had some! half an hour latter I was hungry again!!!
“And right beside it, scientists found a half eaten eggroll that was one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years, eleven months, thirty days, twenty three hours and thirty minutes old.”
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After half an hour the archeologists were hungry to dig up some more.
good luck trying to steal my jokes ... way to fast for the normal human.
How were they able to seal the vessel so as not to evaporate the water in the 2000 years?
At least the naming.
Dang that Tupperware works good
It say, "_______"
Go to it, folks!
Now THAT’S some aged beef...
“What about Dadda?”
All I know is that he was survived by his wife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PypsMk_0QxY
(Alan King: Survived By His Wife!)
Those black eggs were bad enough!
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