The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece
Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea ...
Lead contamination in ancient Greece points to societal change
Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated ...
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Why Did Ancient Greeks Write Without Spaces or Lowercase Letters?
One immediately notices that Ancient Greek writing exclusively used uppercase letters, without any lowercase ones. This ...
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Egyptian Blue: The Prized Dye Used In Egyptian Mummy Portraits, Roman Frescoes, And Renaissance Masterpieces
Archaeologists excavating the remains of Rome's "Golden House," the opulent palace that Emperor Nero built for himself right ...
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Pre-Columbian Megaliths: A Hidden Legacy of the Americas
History and archaeology have often portrayed megalithic architecture as a cultural phenomenon specific to ancient European ...
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Often dismissed as the poor cousin of the sciences, chemistry has revealed natural laws that illuminate our Universe
Often dismissed as the poor cousin of the sciences, chemistry has revealed natural laws that illuminate our Universe ...