The Oldest Cheese in the World Was Made in Croatia

Last year in August, scientists have discovered cheese in a 3 200-year-old Egyptian tomb and archaeologists proved it to be the one of the oldest cheeses ever discovered. However, new findings in Croatia show otherwise. During their archaeological excavations in Danilo near Drniš and Pokrovnik near Šibenik, a team of American, British and Croatian scientists has discovered 7 200-year-old ceramic vessels that served for storing fermented milk. The project has begun in 2003 and they have been investigating local Neolithic settlements established at the beginnings of agriculture and livestock farming in the area. The cheese type could not be specified, but it is most certain that the vessels, some of them 7000 years old, served for storing and producing fermented animal milk. Now this discovery places cheese production 4 000 years back in time. In Danilo and Pokrovnik today, not many sheep, goat and cow herds can be found but taken the new findings, the milk processors might just reconsider.

Last year in August, scientists have discovered cheese in a 3 200-year-old Egyptian tomb and archaeologists proved it to be the one of the oldest cheeses ever discovered. However, new findings in Croatia show otherwise. During their archaeological excavations in Danilo near Drniš and Pokrovnik near Šibenik, a team of American, British and Croatian scientists has discovered 7 200-year-old ceramic vessels that served for storing fermented milk. The project has begun in 2003 and they have been investigating local Neolithic settlements established at the beginnings of agriculture and livestock farming in the area. The cheese type could not be specified, but it is most certain that the vessels, some of them 7000 years old, served for storing and producing fermented animal milk. Now this discovery places cheese production 4 000 years back in time. In Danilo and Pokrovnik today, not many sheep, goat and cow herds can be found but taken the new findings, the milk processors might just reconsider.