The place of origin of cheese and cheesemaking remains unknown. The domestication of milk-producing animals such as sheep, had began 10,000 years ago. The evidence of cheese and cheesemaking had been found on Egyptian tomb murals that date back over 4000 years. The art of cheesemaking has been referred in the Ancient Greek mythology. The story goes like this, Cheese had been accidentally discovered by storing the milk in containers made from the stomach of animals.
