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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
December 8, 2007
One of the wonders reported by Marco Polo after his travels in the 13th century was a fountain of oil in Asia Minor. This was not used for food, he related, but was much esteemed as an unguent and to burn in lamps, people coming from long distances to obtain it.
The petroleum of which Marco Polo....
