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The World’s Oldest Cheese Has Been Found... Rubbed On A Bunch Of Mummies
The Tarim Basin mummies date back around 3,300 to 3,600 years, placing them in the Bronze Age. They have an interesting ...
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Scientists Uncover World’s Oldest Cheese and Origin of Kefir in 3,600-year-old Chinese Mummies
These mummies were unearthed in the Xiaohe cemetery of China’s Tarim Basin, dating from the Bronze Age. For years, scientists could only speculate on what these mysterious substances were.
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World's oldest cheese found on ancient Chinese mummies
Since the woman’s coffin was covered and buried in the dry climate of the Tarim Basin desert, Fu said, it was well preserved, as were her boots, hat and the cheese that laced her body.
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Chinese scientists find world’s oldest cheese buried with mummies in Xinjiang desert
Chinese scientists say they have discovered the world’s oldest known cheese, dating back around 3,500 years, buried alongside mummies in the Tarim Basin in far west China. The team found the DNA ...
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Chinese scientists uncover 3,500-year-old cheese, linking ancient dairy to Kefir
The cheese dates back around 3,500 years and was buried alongside mummies in the Tarim Basin in far west China. The team found the DNA of goats and fermenting microbes from Bronze Age dairy samples.