Airborne particles from minting coins damaged health, a new study says, and might have contributed to the Roman Empire’s ...
Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...
Lead pollution in and around the Aegean Sea dates back to the Bronze Age and shows a strong spike associated with Roman ...
In ancient Rome, toxic lead was so pervasive in the air that it most likely dropped the average person’s IQ by 2.5 to 3 points, new research suggests. The study, published Monday in the journal ...
All Roads Lead to Rome Though Romans famously channeled water ... enough to cause chronic lead poisoning, a.k.a. plumbism. Ancient Greeks made their coins by extracting silver from lead-rich ...
Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...
The Malabathrinum papyrus (P.Vindob. G 35250, Herakleopolis/Middle Egypt, 5th century CE) contains a recipe for an eye ...
Exploring the historical context of gender nonconformity and its implications on modern-day transgender rights.
Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs ...