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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Aug 18

    Ancient Egypt: Cheese discovered in 3,200-year-old tomb https://bbc.in/2Bou0BM pic.twitter.com/mjoVspAryu

    6:22 AM - 18 Aug 2018
    • 348 Retweets
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    • *VisualStoryTeller* 🐃 Nigeria everybody’s mom✊🏼👩🏼‍🌾👩🏽‍💻 HeyLagos! John Smaha Iva Vukić Ekedi Edjenguele😇🌞 Kagi
    61 replies 348 retweets 757 likes
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      2. Alex Nolette‏ @anolette Aug 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Let’s package it and sell it in stores: “Aged for 3200 years”

        1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
      3. Dregdor‏ @Dregdor16 Aug 18
        Replying to @anolette @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Wisconsin cheese is still better... but... ill give it a try

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Alex Nolette‏ @anolette Aug 18
        Replying to @Dregdor16 @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        My parents live in Green Bay, so I am very familiar with the greatness that is Wisconsin cheese.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Sebastian‏ @sebulia1 Aug 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Now, if only there were a nice 3,200 year old cognac to go with that...

        1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
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      2. Jay‏ @Jaycredos Aug 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        You should have mentioned what it tastes like for cheese lovers 🧀 like me !

        1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. Doctoretoo‏ @Shorooq_Mostafa Aug 18
        Replying to @Jaycredos @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Taste great 😍👍

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jay‏ @Jaycredos Aug 18
        Replying to @Shorooq_Mostafa

        It must be, so they tried to take it to heaven too !

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Doctoretoo‏ @Shorooq_Mostafa Aug 18
        Replying to @Jaycredos

        yes it is a royal cheese 🤩

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Kgaugelo Thobejane‏ @Kgaugelo_T Aug 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is proof that prior to colonization, African people were either rich and travellers or knew how to make their own cheese.

        1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
      3. DetailDevil‏ @TNkhalamba Aug 18
        Replying to @Kgaugelo_T @BBCAfrica

        Lol

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Kgaugelo Thobejane‏ @Kgaugelo_T Aug 18
        Replying to @TNkhalamba

        every chance some people get they will say how Africans lived in caves.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. DetailDevil‏ @TNkhalamba Aug 18
        Replying to @Kgaugelo_T

        Yeah or on the other side say they were a super culture that surpassed any other. Can we just accept they were an average society with good and bad, great triumphs and great mishaps?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Kgaugelo Thobejane‏ @Kgaugelo_T Aug 18
        Replying to @TNkhalamba

        We are an average society but people are going out of their way to make sure that we get indoctrinated that we end end up believing that we are not even average at all

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Ben Mofero‏ @MoferoBen Aug 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Don't you dare take a bite of it, lest you unleash one mother of all epidemics the world has ever seen. Let sleeping cheeses lie.

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. Emma Rushton‏ @ERushton Aug 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        @MissLundgaard - I can imagine this would be what you would want. “Bury me with my cheese thanks” 🧀

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Miss L‏ @MissLundgaard Aug 18
        Replying to @ERushton

        When I first read it last week, my first thought was “oooh that’s a great idea!” 😂

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      2. salisu dan dugaji‏ @dan_dugaji Aug 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        For those who claimed Africa had no history,were they are they can prove this

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
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