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The Earliest Hints of Lead Pollution Dates 5,200 Years Back, Ancient Agrarian Sediment Core Reveal Traces
The Earliest Hints of Lead Pollution Dates 5,200 Years Back, Ancient Agrarian Sediment Core Reveal Traces Lead poisoning has ...
CounterPunch2d
Greece and Turkey – a Millennium of Warfare — and the Fading West
Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the neighborhood of the Greek medieval ...
Greek Reporter3d
Receding Sea Levels Reveal Ancient Greek Port on Turkey’s Coast
The ruins of the ancient Greek port city of Adramytteion on Turkey's eastern coast emerged from the sea after sea levels ...
Greek Reporter4d
Massive Ancient Greek Defensive Wall Unearthed in Croatia
An ancient Greek defensive wall from at least 2,000 years ago was uncovered near the Adriatic coast of Croatia it was ...
Greek City Times5d
Discovery of Terror: Expanding Fault Under Turkey Raises Concerns
The recent seismic disturbances in the Aegean have sparked significant concern in Turkey, as new research suggests an ...
5,200-Year-Old Lead Pollution Reveals Secrets of Early Civilizations
Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...
Smithsonian Magazine10d
Oldest Known Evidence of Lead Pollution Found in Ancient Greece
New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...
Emergency crews deployed on Santorini as an earthquake swarm worries Greek experts
The popular Greek holiday island of Santorini is taking emergency measures in response to intense seismic activity. More than ...
Roman expansion linked to 5,200-year-old lead pollution, study finds
A new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment revealed that lead pollution in the Aegean Sea dates ...
La Brújula Verde15d
Oldest evidence of lead contamination found in the Aegean region, which increased with the Roman conquest of Greece
The Aegean region is known as the birthplace of some of Europe’s ... activity in this historically rich area provides valuable insights into the evolution of ancient societies. To investigate this, ...
New York Post15d
Here’s where the oldest evidence of lead pollution comes from
Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea ...
Science Daily15d
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 ...