CHINA

Around the World March 1, 2011

By Samir S. Patel

Excavators discovered the world's oldest soup near the famed terracotta army of Xian.

CHINA: Excavators discovered the world's oldest soup near the famed terracotta army of Xian. Now cloudy and green from the bronze cooking vessel in which it was sealed, the bone soup, surprisingly still in liquid form, was found in a tomb dating to the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.), alongside a vessel that may have held wine. Researchers are now trying to discover the recipe.

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