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Black Gold: Sumerian Bitumen Recipes Worked Like Asphalt, 4,000 Years Ago

Black Gold: Sumerian Bitumen Recipes Worked Like Asphalt, 4,000 Years Ago Sumerian craftspeople in Mesopotamia didn’t simply scoop up natural bitumen and slap it on boats or bricks. A new materials study suggests they followed repeatable…