New research has revealed that the mysterious white substance found alongside three ancient mummies was once a soft cheese called kefir Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent The chunks of cheese were ...

BEIJING — 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 ...

The ancient cheese samples were found alongside the famous Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating from the Bronze Age around 3,600 years ago. Found in the 20th century, these mummies helped provide ...

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 ...

In a remarkable discovery, researchers have uncovered the world’s oldest cheese, dating back 3,600 years, smeared on the heads and necks of ancient mummies in China. This unusual find sheds ...

In late October, when he spent his nights cutting Aztec marigolds for the Day of the Dead, he would sleep on chinampas, or small artificial islands for developing agricultural systems. These were ...

HONG KONG — When the 3,600-year-old coffin of a young woman was excavated in northwestern China two decades ago, archeologists discovered a mysterious substance laid out along her neck like a ...

Researchers say they've discovered the world's oldest cheese. It was made more than 3,500 years ago in western China. It's been identified as a type of kefir cheese - similar to thick yoghurt ...

Kefir cheese samples recovered from mummies in China. (Yimin Yang) "This is the oldest known cheese sample ever discovered in the world," says paleontologist Qiaomei Fu from the Chinese Academy of ...

Scientists have successfully pulled a DNA strand from what they believe to be the world’s oldest cheese, yanking it from Bronze Age mummies in a Chinese graveyard, circa 2,000 B.C. The dairy ...

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