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Re:5k-Year-Old Tavern with Food Still Inside Discovered in Iraq by lm28469 on Thursday March 02, 2023 @05:31AM (#34994161)
Depends on the conditions, see mummies for examples. Don't expect fresh looking food though, it probably amounts to super dry rock looking objects
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Re:5k-Year-Old Tavern with Food Still Inside Discovered in Iraq by Thlom on Thursday March 02, 2023 @06:23AM (#34994500)
Reminds me of this article[0] about a guy that revitalized 4500 years old Egyptian yeast and baked bread using old grains.

[0] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bread-was-made-usi...

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Re:5k-Year-Old Tavern with Food Still Inside Discovered in Iraq by srcreigh on Thursday March 02, 2023 @10:10AM (#34996582)
The guy, Seamus Blackley, a game programmer who proposed the original Xbox, no less. Also made Trespasser (1998) realistic open world 3D game with physics engine [1]

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSDa4VZbJzI

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