Butter in tomb?
Archaeologists from Cairo University say they have found what may be butter preserved in a 3500-year-old Egyptian tomb at Saqqara, near Cairo. The earliest prehistoric fanners are thought to have learned the technique of making butter, but analysis of whitish matter found in four pots at Saqqara may show that the ancient Egyptians were the first people known to have salty butter to preserve it
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Press, 8 March 1984, Page 12
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