Eat this 3000-year-old cheese at your own risk
Updated | By The Scenic Drive with Rian
Archaeologists working in Egypt unearthed an age-old block of cheese - and now people want to taste it.
Archaeologists working on a dig in Egypt unearthed a 3,300-year-old block of cheese from the tomb of Ptahmes, who was once the mayor of Egypt's capital city.
The world's oldest solid cheese was just found in an Egyptian tomb pic.twitter.com/qdfS6tF89C
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 19, 2018
The archaeologists "found broken jars filled with a mysterious solid white substance as well as a fabric that might have been used to cover the jars", and an analysis of the substance revealed that it had proteins consistent with those found in cheese.
But that does not mean it is safe to eat. Like most things found inside an ancient tomb, the cheese has decayed considerably and is now laced with a deadly bacteria called Brucella melitensis.ALSO READ: Identical siblings' double-wedding a highlight at Twins Day Festival
Of course, people on the internet are asking "what's the worst that could happen?" and speculating about eating a chunk of the age-old cheese.
Give me that tomb cheese rolled in the red coffin juice in to a nice cursed roulade.
— More like Professor Woke (@Joshubuh) August 17, 2018
Wine 🍷 and cheese 🧀 night pic.twitter.com/CfH8Y4zkJG
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) August 17, 2018
ALSO READ: Game show contestant's $100,000 fail
They take that cheese we all know who’s showin up. pic.twitter.com/ac90e7ttuH
— Shayne Topp (@supershayne) August 17, 2018
The archaeologists will likely not allow anyone to get their hands on the hazardous dairy snack, but that hasn't stopped people with a flair for the macabre for fantasising about eating it.
Show's Stories
-
Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is here!
Taylor Swift released her highly anticipated record, 'The Tortured Poets...
Breakfast with Martin Bester 56 minutes ago -
KYK: 'Klein Kwagga' laat dit wéér skud in nuwe musiekvideo
'Klein Kwagga' is terug in die kollig met sy nuwe musiekvideo vir Jan Ja...
Breakfast with Martin Bester 2 hours ago