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World's oldest cheese found alongside mummies in China
Archaeologists discovered mysterious white substances smeared on the heads and necks of several mummies found in the Xiaohe cemetery in China’s Tarim Basin around 20 years ago. The mummies dated ...
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Foodstuff found on Chinese mummies confirmed as oldest cheese in the world
Scientists successfully extracted and sequenced DNA from a 3,600-year-old cheese found smeared on mummies in the Xiaohe cemetery in Xinjiang, Western China. The cheese, discovered nearly two ...
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Xiaohe mummy (IMAGE)
A naturally mummified woman from burial M11 of the Xiaohe cemetery. The image may only be used in connection with reporting on the article/research by Fan Zhang, Chao Ning, et al. (2021).
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Xiaohe cemetery (IMAGE)
Aerial view of the Xiaohe cemetery. The image may only be used in connection with reporting on the article/research by Fan Zhang, Chao Ning, et al. (2021).