Herculaneum scrolls breakthrough: Scientists digitally "unroll" 2,000-year-old scroll ...
Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...
Humans have polluted the sea with lead for far longer than we realised, study shows
Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The findings, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, ...
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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 the environment with lead early on in antiquity. Geoscientists conducted ...
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Ancient signs of lead pollution point to Roman takeover of Greece
Ores, rocks with desirable minerals inside, containing lead were mined by ancient Greeks and Romans ... Get all the latest science stories from across the ABC. Your information is being handled ...