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Cheese found in an Egyptian tomb is at least 3,200 years old

The white lump contained signs of a bacteria that causes the infectious disease brucellosis

cheese found in Egyptian tomb

SAY CHEESE This lump of 3,200-year-old cheese found in an ancient Egyptian tomb shows signs of having been contaminated with bacteria that cause the disease brucellosis.

Univ. of Catania, Cairo Univ.

By Cassie Martin

What may be the oldest known solid cheese has been found in an ancient Egyptian tomb.

Made from a mixture of cow milk and either sheep or goat milk, the cheese filled a broken clay jar unearthed from a 13th century B.C.