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Even after 2000 years, the stone slab still smelled of nutmeg.

Unearthed in an ancient village in southern Vietnam, the discovery, marks the earliest known example of spice processing in mainland Southeast Asia. It also suggests that visitors from India and Indonesia may have introduced their culinary traditions to the region millennia ago.

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https://www.science.org/content/article/curry-may-have-landed-southeast-asia-2000-years-ago