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Two 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes show how the Inca Empire fed people across Peru

Long before modern refrigeration, the ancient Inca Empire was preserving food for years and moving it across vast distances.

Peru archaeologists uncover 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes that still look fresh

Archaeologists in Peru have recovered two potato lumps from an Inca storeroom dating back about 500 years, and the pieces ...

500-year-old freeze-dried potato snacks discovered in Inca storage room in Peru

In a rare find, archaeologists in Peru have discovered freeze-dried potatoes that the Inca carried hundreds of miles from the ...
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Archaeologists in Peru just found freeze-dried potato snacks made by the Inca 500 years ago

Archaeologists in southern Peru have discovered preserved potato snacks that were made by the Inca 500 years ago. The Inca ...
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Archaeologists make ‘special’ find of rare food that’s older than United States

Archaeologists made a fascinating food find while excavating an Inca site in southern Peru. Phys.org, a leading web-based ...

Archaeologists have found 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes in Peru.

Archaeologists have discovered two rare freeze-dried potato tubers, about 500 years old, in the ancient Inca center of Tambo ...