Gypsum, a natural mineral made largely of calcium sulfate dihydrate, has a variety of uses dating back centuries, from lining walls to serve as a fire retardant for Mesopotamians to a plaster ...

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The mineral was made into a cement or plaster and then poured ... organic remnants such as clothing or a burial shroud. The gypsum from the newfound burial is fragmentary, but it retains ...