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 ...

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Scientists retrieved ancient kefir cheese from Tarim Basin mummies dating back 3,500 years from the Xiaohe cemetery located in Xinjiang, Western China. By analyzing the DNA of Bronze Aged cheese, ...

The cheese was dug up with mummified human remains in the Xinjiang region of China and offers insights into the origins of the dairy product known as kefir. By Kate Golembiewski Around 3,600 years ago ...

Researchers in China have discovered the world's oldest cheese in a Bronze Age burial site. Right: Qiaomei Fu’s observing the dairy sample for powder-drilling in the clean room at the Institute of ...

The world’s oldest cheese, dating back 3,600 years, has revealed the origin of trendy kefir. Kefir is a type of fermented ...

A mummy from the Xiaohe Cemetery, with dairy remains scattered around the mummy’s neck. HONG KONG — When the 3,600-year-old coffin of a young woman was excavated in northwestern China two decades ago, ...

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 ...