Archaeologists unearth ancient bread that survived underground for 5,000 years

Archaeologists recently unveiled a rare culinary find a well-preserved loaf of ancient bread, Sky News reported on Wednesday.

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The artefact was found during an archaeological excavation at the Kulluoba site in the Eskisehir province, located in central Turkey. Excavators unearthed the loaf in Sept. 2024, but it wasn't unveiled to the public until this month.

The bread is roughly 5,000 years old and was baked during Turkey's Bronze Age.

Researchers say the bread was burnt and buried under the entrance of a dwelling dating back to 3,300 B.C.

Some of the bread, which measures about 5 inches in diameter, was torn off before it was buried.