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Word: bitumen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...favorite colors of the Pre-Raphaelite painters was called Mummy Brown - and not out of joking affection. It was a warm pigment made from the bitumen used by ancient Egyptians to embalm their dead, famed for its preservative powers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techniques: The Passing of Mummy Brown | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

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