Across China: Chinese students cook 2,000-year-old rice dish based on ancient manuscript. Xinhua | April 28, 2025 ... the ancient foodies from 2,000 years ago came to life before my eyes." ...

One Olympian, Greek athlete Milo of Croton, had a slew of wrestling victories around 540 BCE. His daily diet supposedly consisted of 20 pounds of meat and bread each with copious wine.

Students cook ancient rice dish based on 2,000-year-old manuscript with surprisingly healthy results The ancient recipe yielded a 'loose yet elastic' food. By Andrea Margolis Fox News.

Written on four tablets, three of which date back no later than 1730 B.C., the recipes are considered to be the oldest known. And they taste pretty good, says a scholar who re-created them.