Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice ...

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

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. Scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution ...

More archeological excavation is needed to clarify exactly what this pit was used for. “Roman society was full of superstition, something experienced on a daily basis,” the Norton Disney History and ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. DRI ...

In the shadows of York’s storied walls, an ancient Roman skeleton has revealed an astonishing secret: Scandinavian heritage ...

Unlocking ancient genetic secrets through prehistoric burials, mass graves, and war graves worldwide reveals population ...

She added that the find sheds new light on the early phases of the spread of Christianity in Europe and on the lives of people during the later Roman Empire. Read also: Ancient map reveals ...

Researchers examined three ice core records to identify lead pollution levels in the Arctic between 500 BC to 600 AD.

In a way, it also marks the cathedral's "point zéro": During excavations in 1847 beneath this parvis, traces of an ancient church ... have been built on a Gallo-Roman place of worship.