Ancient Soup Pot Unearthed In China

Very similar to some famed human figures, a few nations of the world also seem to be very media friendly and publicity prone. It's a completely different thing that they don't have to hire any publicist of PR firm to be in the headlines. It is the past that uphold their present and finds mention everywhere. India, Egypt, China are some of these countries where nuances of the past keep looming large time and again. This time it is China that has occupied some media slots by dint of the discovery of a 2,400-year-old pot of soup near the ancient capital of Xian. This carries some news value as this happens to be the first discovery of bone soup in Chinese archaeological history. Archaeologists believe that this discovery will play an important role in studying the eating habits and culture of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC).

It was during an excavation to make way for the extension of the airport in Xian that the soup and bones were discovered in a small, sealed bronze vessel in a tomb. One thing led to the other and another bronze pot containing an odourless liquid that is believed to be wine is found in the tomb. The location of this discovery of the pot sealed in a bronze cooking vessel also has a imposing connection as it is in the vicinity of the country's famed ancient terracotta warriors. Being the ancient capital of China for over 1,100 years, Xian is best known for the burial site of Qin Shihuang who declared himself the first emperor. This pot of soup might look too tiny to notice, but a deeper thought would open a new horizon of some more historical and cultural aspects of China which are still unexplored.