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Re:Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’ by ginko on Monday May 25, 2020 @05:03AM (#23299365)
> I was surprised about the bitumen and its origin story

Interesting, bitumen was the first (and only) thing I thought of.

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Re:Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’ by exDM69 on Monday May 25, 2020 @05:26AM (#23299460)
Well yeah, seeing that photo I thought that it looks exactly like bitumen but it can't possibly be it.
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Re:Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’ by tragomaskhalos on Monday May 25, 2020 @07:34AM (#23300036)
Indeed - I believe people in the middle ages burnt mummies as fuel because of their bitumen content
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Re:Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’ by michaelsbradley on Monday May 25, 2020 @12:05PM (#23302362)
https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2341/do-egyptians-...
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