Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The findings, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, ...

Many of the oldest inhabited cities in Greece are still standing against all odds. They have survived to this day to tell the ...

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated ...

This tiny sunken city has been underwater for 3,000 years, with its remnants of ancient history now deep in the ocean.

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an ...

The oldest signs of lead pollution are found in the Aegean Sea region of Greece, dating back to ancient times, a new study ...

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with ...

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding ... The Aegean region gave rise to some of the earliest cultures of ancient Europe. The research team investigated ...