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The oldest plaster was found in Mesopotamia around 9000 B.C. they used lime mixed with unmated crushed limestone to make plaster. Walls were then decorated with red, ginger painted patterns and designs.

Greeks took recipes from the Egyptians and they improved it. Stucco was employed throughout the Roman Empire. The Romans used mixtures of lime sand to build up preparatory layers over which finer applications of gypsum, lime, sand and marble dust were made. Pozzolanic materials were sometimes added to produce a more