Archaeologists have uncovered "strange ring-shaped objects" from a 3,000-year-old hillfort site that unmistakably look like modern-day Cheerios. The researchers note that the rings, which are between 2.6 and 3.6 centimeters in diameter, were deliberately put into the storage pit. The study, published in PLOS One, found that the charred remains are cereal products by using light and scanning electron microscopy. Heiss and his team also found that the cereal was likely made from "from a wet cereal mixture" and had been "subsequently dried without baking." Though the intentional placement of the ring-shaped objects is surprising, researchers have not yet been able to determine what they were used for.

Source: Fox News June 10, 2019 13:30 UTC