World's oldest cheese discovered alongside ancient mummies
Discover the 3,600-year-old origins of kefir as scientists analyze DNA from ancient cheese, revealing insights into probiotic evolution.
Scientists investigate mummies’ 3,600-year-old cheese
Bronze Age desert dwellers unearthed from graves in what’s now northwest China were buried with cheese scattered on their heads and necks — perhaps as a snack packed for the afterlife. A decade after the dairy discovery on strikingly intact remains mummified by the Taklamakan Desert’s arid conditions,
What’s in the world’s oldest cheese? These mummies are giving up their secrets
The Tarim Basin mummies were discovered wearing tiny hunks of cheese around their necks—and a new DNA analysis is revealing its origins.
Archaeologists Find World’s Oldest Cheese Smeared on Mummies in China
The Guinness Book needs to update its records: the oldest cheese in the world has been found smeared on the heads and necks of 3,600-year-old mummies in China’s Tarim Basin, surpassing the age of a cheese identified in the tomb of an Ancient Egyptian mayor by several hundred years.
World’s oldest cheese found smeared on heads of 3,600-year-old mummies
In a discovery that’s sure to delight both history buffs and cheese fans, scientists believe they have unearthed the world’s oldest cheese alongside mummies in Northwestern China. At a staggering 3,600 years-old,
Scientists Discovered The World’s Oldest Cheese—Smeared On Mummies
Scientists were finally able to analyze the DNA in the world’s oldest cheese, which was found two decades ago smeared on 3,500-year-old mummies. New technology allowed the team to trace the fermented dairy product,
World's oldest cheese found alongside mummies in China
The world’s oldest cheese, dating back 3,600 years, has been discovered in an unlikely place. After analysing ancient cheese found alongside mummies in China dating from the Bronze Age, scientists have discovered the cheese is kefir.
Scientists discover oldest cheese in the world buried with mummies as afterlife snack
Mummies found near China's Tarim Basin were buried 3,600 years ago with snacks for the afterlife. A decade after archaeologists discovered the mummies in an ancient cemetery belonging to the Xiaohe people,
The World's Oldest Cheese Was Found Smeared On The Heads And Necks Of 3,600-Year-Old Mummies In China
In China, a strange white substance was found on the heads and necks of several 3,600-year-old mummies. When researchers tested the substance, they realized it was the world’s oldest cheese. Initially,
World's oldest piece of cheese found on Chinese mummy
Researchers say they have found the world’s oldest cheese inside a Chinse tomb dating back 3,600 years. Mummified remains can tell us a lot about the way civilisations once lived, like the discovery of cocaine found in mummified brains that completely altered our understanding of drug history in Europe.
Artnet1d
3,600-Year-Old Cheese Found in an Unusual Site in China Offers New Clues About Ancient Food Preservation
Fermented dairy and mummies might not seem like the most obvious pairing, but archaeologists in China have just uncovered ...
Ancient DNA Reveals Secrets of Bronze Age Cheese Making
A groundbreaking study on ancient kefir cheese reveals the complex history and evolution of dairy fermentation in Eurasia, ...
CNN6d
DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese sequenced by scientists
Hundreds of mummified individuals were found in the 1990s in what’s known as the Xiaohe cemetery in the Tarim Basin, an inhospitable desert area in China’s Xinjiang region. Naturally preserved ...
Fox News4d
Cheese discovered inside coffin with ancient mummies dates back thousands of years
Scientists retrieved ancient kefir cheese from Tarim Basin mummies dating back 3,500 years from the Xiaohe cemetery located in Xinjiang, Western China. By analyzing the DNA of Bronze Aged cheese ...
Sky4d
Cheese dating back 3,600 years found in Chinese tomb, researchers say
A 3,600-year-old coffin was opened in the Xiaohe Cemetery in Xinjiang, China, during an excavation in 2003, where a substance was draped across the neck of a mummified young woman. Despite seeming ...
NBC Bay Area5d
World's oldest cheese found on ancient Chinese mummies
The Bronze Age coffin was discovered during the excavation of the Xiaohe Cemetery in 2003. Since the woman’s coffin was covered and buried in the dry climate of the Tarim Basin desert ...
EurekAlert!6d
Bronze age lactobacillus genomes clarify kefir history
Recently, a group of Chinese scientists has added to our knowledge of the dispersion of early dairy fermentation practices, ...
World’s oldest cheese unearthed in 3,600-year-old coffin of young woman in China; know historical context and preservation techniques
Archaeologists discovered a 3,600-year-old coffin of a young woman in northwestern China with cheese draped around her neck.