Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated ...

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

Most research on women in Ancient Greece and Rome concentrate on urban domestic life where there were no references to women ...

Lead released from smelting in ancient Greece is the world’s first toxic pollution, experts say. More than 60 per cent of the ...

Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a long history that dates all the way back to Ancient Greece.

Lead contamination lead remained fairly low and localized in ancient Greece throughout the Bronze Age, the Classical period ...

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 ...

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

An overview of Ancient Greek art, including painting, sculpture and architecture, and a look at how it changed over the years ...

Greek goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo is the Roman god of archery. Illustration engraving 1882. Original edition ...

coinciding with the Roman Empire’s expansion into Greece and intensified gold and silver mining. This marks the earliest recorded marine lead pollution, highlighting the environmental impact of ...

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