Monday 20 December 2010

2,400-Year-Old Soup

My family enjoy Chinese food and I am partial to the hot and sour soup from our local Chinese restaurant.

So it is interesting to read that Chinese archaeologists have uncovered what is thought to be the oldest pot of soup ever discovered. The 2,400-year-old sealed bronze vessel was discovered in a tomb near the ancient capital of Xian and contained a soup made of liquid and bones that had turned green due to the oxidation of the bronze.

This 2,400-year-old soup certainly knocks 100-year-old eggs into a cocked hat!
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