Bronze Age desert dwellers unearthed from graves in what’s now northwest China were buried with cheese scattered on their heads and necks — perhaps as a snack packed for the afterlife. A decade after ...
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 piece of jewelry. It ...
Scientists and gourmands alike have been fascinated by the recent discovery of a 3,600-year-old cheese sample from a tomb in what is now the Xinjiang Uygur region in northwestern China (Cell 2024, DOI ...