Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...
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A team of archaeologists recently discovered a hoard of 141 Roman gold coins dating back to around the Fourth Century CE in ...
Babies were weaned earlier in cities in the Roman Empire than in smaller and more rural communities, according to a study of ...
Babies were weaned earlier in cities in the Roman Empire than in smaller and more rural communities, according to a study of ancient teeth. Urban weaning patterns more closely hewed to guidelines from ...
Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...
Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure ...
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The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended effect: spewing so much lead into the atmosphere ...
DRI scientists analyzed Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historical atmospheric lead pollution from Ancient Rome, uncovering a link between lead exposure and cognitive decline. Lead exposure is ...