In 2010, Chinese archaeologists dug up a 2,400-year-old pot of soup.

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A 1.5 litre bottle buried in the tomb of Roman nobles is estimated to be some 1,700 years old (left); Around 2013-14, archaeologists working in the tomb of Ptahmes in Saqqara came across a jar of cheese that was estimated to be 3,200 years old.

The UK’s National Trust has announced that a chocolate bar found in a property it owns was part of a batch ordered by Queen Victoria to boost the morale of British troops fighting in South Africa in 1900. The 121-year-old chocolate bar was found in its original tin in the attic of an English manor of an aristocrat who fought in the Second Boer War.

Sweet, right? But this rare find is not the oldest food discovery.

A 1.5 litre bottle buried in the tomb of Roman nobles is estimated to be some 1,700 years old. The bottle was discovered in 1867 during the excavation in Speyer and now housed inside Germany’s Historical Museum of the Palatinate.

Around 2013-14, archaeologists working in the tomb of Ptahmes, a high-ranking Egyptian official, in Saqqara came across a jar of cheese that was estimated to be 3,200 years old.

In 2010, Chinese archaeologists dug up a 2,400-year-old pot of soup. The liquid, with bones, were found in a sealed bronze cooking vessel near the ancient capital of Xian, home to the country’s famed terracotta warriors. Well, this soup may not have chicken but it definitely has soul.