Ocupation: Author
Life: d. 15
Birthday: d. 15
At Jaffa in Syria and among the Nomads in Arabia, are lakes of enormous size that yield very large masses of asphalt, which are carried off by the inhabitants thereabouts.
source: "De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book VII, Chapter III, Section 8), circa 15 BC.
topic: Lakes, Yield, Arabia, Asphalt