The world’s oldest bread was found in Turkey which is 8600 years old. “We can say that this is the oldest bread in the world,” archaeologist Ali Umut Turkan, an associate professor at Anadolu University, claimed in a statement quoted by Turkish state news outlet Anadolu Agency. According to the pictures obtained from the scanning electron microscope, starch particles have been seen inside the bread.
World’s Oldest Bread: Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest bread. This bread is 8,600 years old, found at Catalhoyuk, an archaeological site in the Konya province of southern Turkey. The discovery dates back to 6600 BC and the braid was found in raw and fermented condition.
The bread is quite round and spongy
The remains of the bread were found near a partially destroyed oven in an area called ‘Mecan 66’, which was surrounded by ancient mud-brick houses, CNN reports. The bread is quite round and spongy and was identified through analysis, according to a press release from Turkey’s Necmettin Erbakan University Science and Technology Research and Application Center (BITAM).
This is the oldest bread in the world
“We can say that this is the oldest bread in the world,” archaeologist Ali Umut Turkan, an associate professor at Anadolu University, claimed in a statement quoted by Turkish state news outlet Anadolu Agency. It is a smaller version of a loaf of bread. With a finger pressed into the middle, it has not been cooked, but it has been fermented and the starch inside has survived to this day. He said that till date no similar example has been found.
Starch particles found inside bread
According to pictures obtained from a scanning electron microscope, starch particles have been seen inside the bread. Biologist Salih Kavak of Gaziantep University in Turkey said in a press release that the discovery eliminates our doubts about the authenticity of the bread.
The study also suggested that flour and water were mixed to make bread, which was then prepared near an oven and possibly stored for some time. Kavac said that this is an exciting discovery for Turkey and the world.
