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A comment on Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’.

Re:Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’ by trelonid on Monday May 25, 2020 @06:12AM (#23299673)
>The exact ingredients vary from one coffin to the next, but the goo was always made from some of these ingredients

what I understand is that they didn't measure the ingredients, but rather put how much they thought was good

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Re:Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’ by claviska on Monday May 25, 2020 @08:09AM (#23300202)
I don’t think it’s arbitrary. Despite being from similar times, burials occurred decades or even centuries apart. The recipe likely evolved based on experimentation and availability of ingredients.
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