Hanno is defined by the film’s most formidable character, Macrinus, played by the Mephistophelean Denzel Washington, as a ...
Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air thick with lead, scientists found.
The Roman Empire lowered IQ levels across Europe according to a new study, due to the vast quantities of lead pollution.
Using Arctic ice core samples, researchers estimate silver mining and smelting released enough lead during the Pax Romana to ...
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How Arctic ice cores prove lead pollution may in Ancient Rome have caused empire-wide cognitive declineLead pollution from Roman mining and metal production may have lowered intelligence levels across the vast Roman Empire ...
A new study turned to Arctic ice core records between 500 BCE through 600 CE to find a link between lead pollution and ...
Archaeologists from Ghent and Warsaw University uncovered the secrets of how Romans preferred their wine two thousand years ...
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Pollution In Ancient Rome Caused The IQ Of People To Decline Across EuropeLead exposure has left its toxic fingerprints all over history. We’ve come a long way in reducing its presence, but […] ...
Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.
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