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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....
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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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To: Renfield; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Renfield, I'm glad you posted this, it'll make an excellent Digest ping as well.
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posted on
03/01/2014 4:08:53 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Renfield
The cheese was found on the necks and chests of the mummies.
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Considering how much my husband and I love cheese, the kids could possibly decide to put cheese in the caskets with us.
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posted on
03/01/2014 4:57:27 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
To: Renfield
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:09:48 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Renfield
Wow, 3600 years and her beauty is still very evident.
That’s the power of cheese, folks.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/01/2014 7:20:11 PM PST
by
wildbill
())
To: Renfield
“Guida? Limberger? Camember...?”
“Not as such. No, sir.”
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posted on
03/02/2014 7:54:32 AM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Renfield
“It’s the cleanest shop in the district, sir!”
“It’s certainly uncontaminated with cheese!”
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posted on
03/02/2014 7:56:51 AM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Renfield
Anyway, for a hat, it looks surprisingly modern.
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posted on
03/02/2014 7:58:12 AM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Klemper
LOL!
Looks a bit runny to me!
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posted on
03/03/2014 11:17:37 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
(file from David Derrick files)
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posted on
04/05/2014 9:04:18 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
Summer, brie, makes me feel fine.
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posted on
06/10/2019 7:37:57 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
This topic was posted , thanks again Renfield.
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posted on
09/21/2022 7:59:15 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Renfield
World’s oldest cheese, or the world’s oldest yeast infection?.........................
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posted on
09/21/2022 8:02:25 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Renfield
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posted on
09/21/2022 8:03:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/21/2022 8:04:56 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: COBOL2Java
My kids loved those books.
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posted on
09/21/2022 8:05:13 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
Ack!
I’m hitting the abuse button.
5.56mm
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posted on
09/21/2022 8:17:03 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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