Lead released from smelting in ancient Greece is the world’s first toxic pollution, experts say. View on euronews ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek papyrus.

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...

The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.

Today's current affairs seem so mirrored in the past; the great events of long, long ago seem so similar to what’s happening today. Not events ...

Gordion was the capital of ancient Phrygia, an Iron Age kingdom of Anatolia, said to have been ruled by the legendary King ...

The past few years have seen record-breaking tourism to Greece, a red hot travel destination that is about to get even hotter ...

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The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...

For history lovers, its ancient ruins and museums lined with artifacts should entice—but if your idea of a getaway is one ...