China found ancient pot of soup

Chinese archaeologists , believe they have discovered a 2,400-year-old bowl of soup which was discovered in a tomb near where the terracotta army was once discovered and near where the first emperor of China was buried.

Sealed in a three-legged bronze cooking pot, the soup contained several bones, was still liquid but had turned green due to the oxidization of the bronze.It is 8in high and 10in in diameter and would have been used for cooking and serving meat.

The culinary find was dug up from a tomb near the ancient capital of Xian,Shaanxi Province.Xian, a city that served as China’s ancient capital for over 1,100 years. In 1974, archaeologists found the now-famed terracotta army at the burial site of Qin Shihuang. It was Qin who presided over the unification of China in 221BC and declared himself the first emperor. The bronze pot and vessel were found in a tomb being excavated to make way for the extension of the airport in Xian.

 However, this is not the oldest pot found with food in it. Five years ago a 4,000-year-old pot containing noodles was found in 2005 at a site near the Yellow River.