Kefir
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Kefir is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt or ayran that is made from kefir grains, a specific type of mesophilic symbiotic culture. It is prepared by inoculating the milk of cows, goats
Plain milk kefir being poured
Homemade kefir and kvass served alongside kolach and korovai
Kefir grains, a matrix of bacteria and yeasts
90 grams of kefir grains
Xiaohe Cemetery
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The Xiaohe Cemetery, also known as Ördek's Necropolis, is a Bronze Age site located to the west of Lop Nur, in Xinjiang, Western China. It contains about 330 tombs, about 160 of which were looted by g
Kefir
…pastries like zelnik (zeljanica), burek and banitsa/gibanica, and is an ingredient in cold soups. Kefir has been found in graves in the Bronze Age Xiaohe Cemetery, dating back 3,600 years. The word kefir is of North Caucasian origin, where related words are attested in several languages: Mingrelian ქიფური (kipuri…
The site of the cemetery; the vertical posts indicate the tomb locations
Xiaohe cemetery (fourth layer)
Xiaohe cemetery, the Princess of Xiaohe (female mummy with Western Eurasian features)
Xiaohe cemetery (boat coffins)