欧洲常被认为是奶酪的发源地。然而，现存世界上最古老的奶酪却不是发现于欧洲，而是中国。近日，最古老的奶酪在一具新疆出土的木乃伊身上被发现，距今已有3600余年历史。

Now that's vintage! World's oldest cheesediscovered on the chests of 3,500-year-old Chinese MUMMIES.

这才叫古老！3500年之久的中国木乃伊身上发现世界上最古老的奶酪。

中国千年木乃伊与世界最古老奶酪

Plenty of cheeses get better with age, butcrumbs discovered on the necks and chests of Chinese mummies are now thought tobe the world’s oldest vintage - although their taste may be questionable.

时间越久，奶酪的品质越好，但是中国木乃伊脖子和胸部上发现的奶酪屑被认为是世界上最古老的奶酪——尽管其味道令人怀疑。

The cheese dates back to 1,615BC and wasessentially vacuum-packed with the bodies of the mysterious Bronze Age peoplewho were buried in the Taklamakan Desert, making it the oldest ever recovered.

该奶酪可追溯至公元前1615年，真空包装在神秘的青铜时代的人物身上，被埋葬在塔克拉玛干沙漠中，这是目前为止发现的最古老的奶酪。

While the strange discovery was made in the1930s, scientists have only just analysed the proteins and fats in the clumpsof 3,600-year-old food to reveal its age and ascertain that it is not butter ormilk.

虽然发现于1930年代，科学家才只分析了这个块状物中的蛋白质和脂肪成分，才查明已有3600年之久，而且不是黄油或者牛奶。

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