The world’s oldest cheese has been found in a 3,200 year-old Egyptian tomb.
The cheese was buried alongside Ptahmes – Mayor of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. His final resting place was rediscovered in 2010 after being lost under the desert sand.
The cheese was unable to be eaten as it was contaminated with Brucella melitensis. A bacterium that causes brucellosis, that is common in cows.
One jar contained a solidified whitish mass, as well as canvas fabric that might have covered the jar or been used to preserve its contents.
After dissolving the sample, the researchers purified its protein and analyzed them with liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.
The tests show the sample was a dairy product made from cow milk and sheep or goat milk.
38 Responses
Yuck
YUCK!!!
This is so cool
eww
Wow thats old
Stinky ???
smelly smelly
that sounds so deeesugusting
ewww yuck
i wonder how old though
that is gross
You have the cheese touch!
I wanna try it
Disgusting absolutely disgusting
that sounds so cool but yuck.
Eww! that’s disgusting. It’s all moldy!!??
Eh! Theres gonna be a bad smell soon!
Yummy!
I want to eat that but how old is it.
~Its actually stinky cheese
i love cheese but dis chese lok lik big yuk
yum chezzy stuff
it’s actually cool that the have been able to find this, because they can use it for research and it’s an ancient artifact! so for everyone saying it’s yuck, yes it’s yuck but it’s also awesome!
I would like to eat it
that looks disguisting
really interesting
it looks like brick
Yum
eww that is desgusting!
Cool
you all are very true it is old
your cheese is very old
They do say old cheese is good
Plus that must be important cheese
Yummmy
I wanna eat it
Eww, 3200 year old cheese and I don’t even like cheese.
why would yo even eat the cheese