Bitumen from Middle East discovered in 7th century buried ship in UK

(PLOS) Middle Eastern Bitumen, a rare, tar-like material, is present in the seventh century ship buried at Sutton Hoo, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on Nov. 30, 2016, by Pauline Burger and colleagues from the British Museum, UK, and the University of Aberdeen.

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