Archaeologists found cheese in an Ancient Egyptian tomb – the 16 funniest takes

When ABC news tweeted that an ancient cheese had been found, it was a short, sharp rollercoaster of emotions – the high of “cheese found”, quickly followed by the low of “deadly disease”.

World's oldest cheese found in Egyptian tomb — but it may be filled with a deadly disease https://t.co/c7EuWavjgE pic.twitter.com/h89codLGXC

— ABC News (@abcnews) August 17, 2018

It reminded a lot of people about another fairly recent story.

Can't drink the sarcophagus juice, can't eat the tomb cheese, what even is the point of archaeology https://t.co/T5ZQixy0Sa

— The Stay Puft Mushmallow Man (@mushroomallow) August 17, 2018

yeah, i’ll have the sarcophagus juice and tomb cheese https://t.co/k0MxUrnwiv

— cam(pbell) (@soyboyincarnate) August 17, 2018

Eat the cursed cheese.
Drink the sarcophagus juice. https://t.co/bpUY6kV0Gf

— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) August 17, 2018

Pairs nicely with red cursed sarcophagus liquid. https://t.co/UYN9BphmmU

— Alan Johnson (@TheAlanJohnson) August 17, 2018

this would pair *so* well with the cursed red sarcophagus juice https://t.co/ptcy9rAIi8

— Dan Hett (@danhett) August 18, 2018

let us now seek out the ancient pasta, and together with this diseased cheese and the red skeleton juice we shall bake the ziti that ends the earth https://t.co/0K9BrwGlHs

— michael lutz, skittish leaping gallant (@WarrenIsDead) August 17, 2018

We can see why they went there. Other people had some different takes to share and we’ve found our 16 favourites.

1.

I hereby dub it King Tutankhamembert https://t.co/WnOUQ4m2Xt

— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) August 19, 2018

2.

Nope. The world's oldest cheese filled with a deadly disease is currently the President of the United States. https://t.co/RlXII4Pd1W

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) August 17, 2018

3.

https://twitter.com/sasbatcii/status/1030975725422047232

4.

https://twitter.com/LeavittAlone/status/1030450559428509697

5.

When you're playing as Tomb Kings against the Skaven… https://t.co/OZYJ3hs0yW

— Total War (@totalwar) August 17, 2018

6.

3200 year old cheese may be filled with deadly disease. Well! Get out! https://t.co/MTF1AAR308

— Colleen Doran (@ColleenDoran) August 17, 2018

7.

Our ancestors literally took Gebna Mish with them to the afterlife and y’all still hit us with the “modern Egyptians aren’t descendants of ancient Egyptians” smh https://t.co/Zxb2x7qnfd

— E.Y. (@emanyxo) August 18, 2018

8.

Soon, when paired with the sarcophagus juice sauce, the ancient pizza artifacts will be reunited, and the elder god D'igiorno shall rise again to deliver us all to the grave https://t.co/mH7Cyp4GFU

— the notorious BFG (@skinnyd0gs) August 17, 2018

9.

First the sarcophagus. Now tomb cheese. There is a third object we need to find before time runs out. https://t.co/o00M3QFbdt

— Jean Giardina (@JeanGiardina) August 19, 2018

10.

A recent study shows how the great pyramid of Giza focuses electromagnetic energy inside its chambers which indicates that ancient Egyptians were far more advanced than we think. This discovery was ignored by the vast majority of media outlets because cheese is more important. https://t.co/MZlwY8MmFL

— . (@lex_looper) August 18, 2018

11.

Ready for the most metal wine and cheese night of my life https://t.co/4CYGEaK5Jl

— K (@ratwolv) August 18, 2018