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Well preserved 3,500-year-old lunch box found


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An incredibly rare wooden container from the Bronze Age has been discovered on the Lötschberg mountain in Switzerland, still with detectable traces of the grains that the box contained.

The box was found at the summit of the Lötschenpass, a transit through a glacier, at an elevation of about 2,650 metres above sea level. It's thought to have remained frozen since it was lost or abandoned by its owner in 1500 BCE.

Such discoveries are rare. Only one other similar artefact has been discovered, found in another alpine pass, the Schnidejoch, about 25km to the west of the Lötschenpass.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazingly-well-preserved-3500-year-old-lunch-box-discovered-swiss-alps-1632073

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The lunch box would have been an incredible find in and of itself, but finding food in it is an amazing bonus. It will be interesting to learn what they are able to eventually determine from it, especially as it applies to the development of cereal farming.

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26 minutes ago, Claire. said:

The lunch box would have been an incredible find in and of itself, but finding food in it is an amazing bonus. It will be interesting to learn what they are able to eventually determine from it, especially as it applies to the development of cereal farming.

Cereal farming - specifically wheat - has been going on since about 10,000 BC... The grains in the lunch box are closer to our time than to the development of cereal farming... The Egyptians were using yeast to make "rising bread" (like today's loaves) since about 3,000 BC...

But it's still a cool find...

http://www.allaboutwheat.info/history.html

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3 minutes ago, Taun said:

Cereal farming - specifically wheat - has been going on since about 10,000 BC... The grains in the lunch box are closer to our time than to the development of cereal farming... The Egyptians were using yeast to make "rising bread" (like today's loaves) since about 3,000 BC...

But it's still a cool find...

http://www.allaboutwheat.info/history.html

I was referring specifically to Bronze Age Europe, but I appreciate the article as it provides a great deal of interesting information, organized in an easy to understand timeline. So thank you for that.

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7 minutes ago, Bean85 said:

Taun: And the MC cheeseburger still in its wrapping

Best place for it ! :P

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The article mention "spelt, emmer and barley", not so mainstream anymore. Tastes change. :huh:

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Bet the fries were soggy back then too ...

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What an odd looking

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2 hours ago, Dyna said:

What an odd looking Box!

 

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