Detailed Explanation on Instagram: "Gorgonzola is widely considered the oldest known blue cheese. Records trace it back to the year 879 in northern Italy, which predates other famous blue cheeses. Roquefort in France, although steeped in legend about a shepherd forgetting his bread and cheese in a cave, was formally documented around the 11th century, while Stilton in England only emerged in the 18th century. This makes Gorgonzola the earliest reliably recorded blue cheese, and one of the first

History Hit on Instagram: "King Scorpion, carved onto this mace head, was one of the earliest rulers of Ancient Egypt, a figure ancient to those ancient people… Dan Snow joins Keeper of Antiquities Liam McNamara to journey into Egypt’s distant past, in today’s release on History Hit, which is the sixth and final episode in our series exploring the remarkable collections of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Ashmolean Members, along with History Hit subscribers, enjoy exclusive early access to every