Bitumen from Middle East Discovered in 7th Century Buried Ship in UK (IMAGE)

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Bitumen from Middle East Discovered in 7th Century Buried Ship in UK

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RTI images of surface morphology on fragments from 1939,1010.251. Upper images (A, B and C) show concentric rings suggestive of working or worked imprints; lower images show natural fracture surface on the same fragments (D and E) and on a reference specimen of bitumen (F).

Credit

Burger et al (2016)

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