An ancient soup line?
China is a weird country. They’ve got one foot in the past, and two feet in the future. The Chinese people have a history that dates back thousands of years, but they’re also building supercomputers and handing out its own Nobel Peace Prize. When building an addition to the airport in Xian, China, workers have uncovered an unusual archaeological find. Crews digging near China’s ancient capital have uncovered a 2400-year-old pot of soup.
“It’s the first discovery of bone soup in Chinese archaeological history,” said Liu Daiyun of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. “The discovery will play an important role in studying the eating habits and culture of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC).”
Xian is noteworthy because it is the home of Qin Shihuang, China’s first emperor and the man who unified China in 221 BC. It’s also home to China’s incredible terra cotta warriors, who were entombed with Qin Shihuang. As for the soup, it was discovered in a sealed bronze vessel inside a tomb. Alongside it was a bronze pot that may have contained wine when it was first sealed. Researchers are going to test the soup’s remaining bits to determine what kind of soup it might have been; I, for one, am hoping it was hot and sour soup.
I love hot and sour soup!
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