XIAN, CHINA – A pot of soup from 2,400 years ago was found in a tomb. And it was still hot!
The 2,400 year old bronze vessel was found near the captial of Xian. Archaeologists also believe they found a container of wine, and traces of brie.
“It’s the first discovery of bone soup in Chinese archaeological history,” the Global Times quoted Liu Daiyun of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology as saying. “And it is the first time, we’ve ever discovered soup that was still in a bowl and still piping hot!”
“The discovery will play an important role in studying the eating habits and culture of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC).” That is if they can keep the archaeologists from eating the soup!”
The tomb was being excavated to make way for an airport extension, the report said.
Scientists were expected to conduct further tests to confirm the liquid was indeed soup and to identify the ingredients. “It didn’t look like Hot N’ Sour soup to me, or Won Ton soup,” said American Soup Expert, John Malley.
The tomb could have held the body of either a member of the land-owning class or a low-ranking military officer, archaeologists said.
The terracotta army figures were found near Xiang in 1974 at the burial site of Qin Shihuang, China’s first emperor.
The find was made when Liu took the lid off a round, three-legged bronze cauldron. To his amazement it was full of hot liquid. He said: “When I opened the lid, I was really shocked. And it smelled delicious!”
My guess is that the liquid did not evaporate because of the lid and because the tomb had been tightly sealed for more than 2,000 years,” he added.
Xian is the capital of the Shaanxi province, and a sub-provincial city in the People’s Republic of China. As one of the oldest cities in China, with more than 3,100 years of history, the city was known as Chang’an before the Ming Dynasty. Xi’an is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, having held that position under several of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, including Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang.
Xi’an is the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and home to the Terracotta Army.
another chinese lie … lol
that shit is not ot and that pic of tha soup no way thats fake as shit too look at it it looks like it was made last night thats bull shit people we r all smarter than that i hope its bullllllshhhhiiiiit__
faker than tha word fake but thats my opinion and im sticking to it just look at tha soup it was made at tha chinese restauraunt and i luv me some chinese food all day every day
i was amazed how the foods maintained its freshness for two thousand four hundred years.
chinese want to be famous again!
Did they serve crackers with the soup?
My pizza delivery guy needs the secret to keeping food hot……. please, do tell……….
And people are concerned that a Mc Donald's Hamburger takes six months to decompose.
….. What did the message in the fortune cookie say?…..
So how long till it goes up for auction on Ebay?
hey guys, just to point out, you're on the weekly world news website. they took a regular headline, added to it the joke that it was still hot, and then posted some photos of regular chinese soups. if you look, the next headline is "michael jackson spotted on the moon"
OK, as presented this is a hoax, unless the following set of unlikely circumstances occurred:
1) the soup was sterilized from its' original cooking
2) It dehydrated completely in the dry tomb
3) once the tomb was opened, rain water got in and under the lid, rehydrating the soup
4) no one said how hot it was, it may simply have been as hot as the ambient temperature of the region
Otherwise this is a pull my finger story.
Here is what it looked like.. PEOPLE!!!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1338401/A…
Maybe the Chinese invented the first crock pot with electrical heating coil, how else would it still be hot….or how could the hermetrical seal last for 2,400 years?
So.., so..,so! A 2.400 year old soup..! REMARKABLE!
LETS JUST HOPE THAT THESE GUYS DO NOT START TO EXPORT IT ALL OVER THE WORLD!!! GOOD APETITE FOLKS, BON APETIT, BUEN PROVECHO, MAHLZEIT..BUON
APPETITO.
Cachapoal
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I can wait 2.400 years! Cachapoal
Alien Technology keeps the soup warm, dah.
The bronze container is made of ore mined from asteroids, every one should know that.
gees what gas giant were you hypervolved in.
the soup isn't edible bc the bronze had turned the liquid green and bones green due to oxidation! there's a video: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/4749…
if they don't eat it first, please. i just found the holy grail, i will study it if i don't melt it down and make a wwf belt buckle first.
i dont know bout anybody else but if i look at this from a scientific view it will tell you this is some type of crock or bs if u prefer..
MMM soup ahhhgg 'Wheres the ancient soup?" "Doh!"
This is the most hilarious thread I have ever seen. People are actually debating whether or not it is real. Some even saying bronze is a conductor, therefore whats hot stays hot and whats cold stays cold. My hopes that the human gene pool is improving were just dashed to pieces. Alas
We are having a ice strom tonight in Ky. Guess what I'm making for dinner??????????
Soups finally done!! Come and get it!!!
Are the communists going to allow this recipe out of the country?
boy boy I ,m the one he coock that soup for your mama