7 votes Ancient Egypt: Cheese discovered in 3,200-year-old tomb Posted August 18, 2018 by pHorniCaiTe Tags: history, cheese, ancient egypt, dairy, burials, tombs, archaeology, egypt, source.bbc, short read https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45233347 Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Title Cheese discovered in Ancient Egypt tomb Published Aug 18 2018 Word count 291 words 2 comments Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK [2] 39hp August 18, 2018 Link How do they tell the difference between entombed cheese and entombed milk that was left to curdle and reduce over millennia? How do they tell the difference between entombed cheese and entombed milk that was left to curdle and reduce over millennia? pHorniCaiTe (OP) August 18, 2018 Link Parent In the original article I read, they said they inferred that because the material used to cover it would not have been suitable for liquid. In the original article I read, they said they inferred that because the material used to cover it would not have been suitable for liquid. 1 vote
[2] 39hp August 18, 2018 Link How do they tell the difference between entombed cheese and entombed milk that was left to curdle and reduce over millennia? How do they tell the difference between entombed cheese and entombed milk that was left to curdle and reduce over millennia? pHorniCaiTe (OP) August 18, 2018 Link Parent In the original article I read, they said they inferred that because the material used to cover it would not have been suitable for liquid. In the original article I read, they said they inferred that because the material used to cover it would not have been suitable for liquid. 1 vote
pHorniCaiTe (OP) August 18, 2018 Link Parent In the original article I read, they said they inferred that because the material used to cover it would not have been suitable for liquid. In the original article I read, they said they inferred that because the material used to cover it would not have been suitable for liquid. 1 vote
How do they tell the difference between entombed cheese and entombed milk that was left to curdle and reduce over millennia?
In the original article I read, they said they inferred that because the material used to cover it would not have been suitable for liquid.