In Egypt found the world’s oldest cheese

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В Египте нашли самый древний в мире сырAccording to scientists, it was made more than three thousand years ago.

An amazing discovery was made in the necropolis of Saqqara, 30 kilometers South of Cairo. There archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of a nobleman of Pamesa where found room, and in a number of broken ceramic vessels.

In one of them scientists found modifitsirovannoi white mass, and also the fabric which, apparently, covered the product.

Scientists decided to find out what it is and with the help of chromato-mass-spectrometry conducted a proteomic analysis of the mixture. This method allowed to identify in a mixture of proteins and fragments thereof and to determine the origin of the product.

The analysis showed that in the mixture were present fragments of proteins are Caseins, which are found in the milk of cows, goats and sheep, and bovine serum albumin. From the researchers concluded that the mixture was an ancient cheese made from a mixture of cow and sheep or goat’s milk.

In the mix also turned out to be a fragment of one of the proteins of bacteria caused by Brucella melitensis, the causative agent of severe disease of brucellosis. The organism is transmitted from animals to humans either through wounds, or through contaminated milk, dairy products and meat. The disease itself is not too dangerous but causes severe complications that can lead to disability.

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