Using Arctic ice core samples, researchers estimate silver mining and smelting released enough lead during the Pax Romana to ...

Soil samples from Timna show that previous studies have exaggerated the environmental impact of the mining industry in ...

The Roman Empire lowered IQ levels across Europe according to a new study, due to the vast quantities of lead pollution.

The findings match those previously recorded from the Wadi Faynan region of Jordan. In that study—led from the Hebrew ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

The environmental pollution generated by ancient copper production was far less severe than previously thought.

Ancient Rome’s relentless lead pollution may have dimmed the intellect of its citizens, leaving a toxic legacy that survives ...

Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by pollution from metal smelting during the Roman era ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University overturns prevailing scientific beliefs that King Solomon’s mines not only harmed the ...