- World's oldest cheese found in Egyptian tomb of Ptahmes, mayor of Memphis in Egypt during the 13th century BC. Biomolecular proteomic characterization shows that the constituting material was a dairy product obtained by mixing sheep/goat and cow milk. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02535 32 comments science
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- Ancient Egypt: Cheese discovered in 3,200-year-old tomb - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45233347 101 comments
- World's oldest cheese confirmed in Egyptian tomb — but it may be filled with a deadly disease - ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-17/worlds-oldest-cheese-discovered-in-ancient-egyptian-tomb/10133178 12 comments
- Archaeologists Find 3,200-Year-Old Cheese in an Egyptian Tomb - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/science/oldest-cheese-ever-egypt-tomb.html 0 comments