
The Skeptics Guide #917 - Feb 4 2023
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
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What Are the Ingredients in a Jar?
The substances that were found at the sakara site were imported from pretty far away. A-N-T-I-U is a standard word that has been seen in Egyptian embalming sites. Bitumen probably came from the Dead Sea and pistachia trees, which have high resin yields. Elamy only can be found in Southeast Asia and then there's another substance or tree sap called damar.
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