10 Unbelievable Historical Food and Drink Artifacts

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From 3000 year old cheese, to the oldest bread ever found, these are 10 UNBELIEVABLE Historical Food and Drink Artifacts ! Subscribe to American Eye http://goo.gl/GBphkv 5. Ancient Bread We’ve all heard of the catastrophic day that took place, when Mt. Vesuvius wiped out the residence of Pompeii about 2000 years ago. But we don’t always know about the amazing relics that it left it behind, apart from the human statues it created, like you see from this photo. Thanks to this horrific day, we’re able to see what their food looked like too. This loaf of bread withstood the test of time and is still preserved to this day. It actually dates back to 69 BC! The reason it still has the triangular marks on it, was because it was wrapped with string in order to carry it. This also gives the modern world a better idea how and why things were done in ancient times. No one’s going to be making this into a sandwich anytime soon. It’s covered in volcanic ash from mt. vesuvius and even has a traditional Roman stamp. Many people have trouble getting over the fact that it still remarkable maintains its exact shape, and survived an apocalyptic volcanic explosion. Because of this discovery, chefs can now recreate how this ancient bread and get a taste of what life was like in Ancient roman times! 4. Olive Oil Discovery It truly is interesting, especially from the point of a nutritionist, what exactly mankind ate thousands of years ago. Many people survived eating the minimum amount of calories necessary, therefore, relying on extremely nutritious foods, most of the time. Ancient people in Israel as far back as 8000 BC began domesticating olive trees. Most researchers believe that olive oil was a staple food in the mediterranean especially during the Roman era, but this goes to show that olive oil has been around for quite some time. This pot here was found with residue of olive oil near the lower galilee region of Northern Israel. This is the oldest known discovery of olive oil but there’s a good chance it was widespread across the mediterranean! This healthy substance helped our ancient ancestors flourish and build civilizations. So feel free to use it on some of your pasta! 3. Vintage Cheese Would you be willing to try a slice of cheese that dates back to 1600 BC and found next to ancient Chinese mummy?! Some cheese gets better as it ages but we’re not too sure how well this one will go. Maybe you could pair it with the ancient wine and have yourself a ancient wine and cheese party? Maybe. Archaeologists found it basically vacuum packed with the mysterious mummies you see here. This was found in the Taklamakan Desert in China. It dates back precisely to 1615 BC making it the oldest piece of cheese ever recorded. It’s not exactly sure why someone would want to bury a piece of cheese with themselves in the after lives, considering the fact that it’s sort of hard to eat when you’re well, dead…Some sites claim that, yes the cheese you see here that was discovered is still edible, but there doesn’t seem to be a long line of volunteers willing to try it 2. 125 Year Old Beer Canada is known for having some great brews. Some brands like Labatt Blue and Molson are popular among the Canadians, but this scuba diver here, came across something that was one of a kind! Jon Crouse was scuba diving in the waters near Halifax, Nova Scotia when he came across a remarkable discovery! This beer bottle here is more than 125 years old completely unopened! And yes, someone finally gave it a try! It was somewhat of a miracle he found it and it was located nearly 30 feet below water! The beer was still safe for human consumption since the cork was intact. The IPA from London smelt like rotten eggs according to John but you don’t always get the chance to drink history so he gave it a try anyways.. He was sadly disappointed and said it tasted like it smelt! Awful 1 14000 Year Old Meat Before we started indulging in cheese, bread and wine our prehistoric ancestors had to mainly survive on meat from hunted animals. Fossil hunters in Florida found bones of a Mastodon that they believe were leftovers of an ancient tribe. The crew uncovered a handful of bones that contained knife marks meaning the bones were scraped for the meat that was once them. Here you see the parallel grooves you see here are evidence of this being used as a source of food. Stone tools like you see here were found at the site and were actually pretty sharp, But it would have taken quite some time ripping the meat off the bones. These artifacts were actually found at Page-Ladson sinkhole, just southeast of Tallahassee. Anyone else kind of curious what mastodon meat must have tasted like!? Only our ancient ancestors will know unless we decide to clone them..