Kerala's village Pattanam, believed to be part of the ancient Port City of Muziris, has seen numerous excavations that ...

DURING my series on the ancient history of Scotland’s towns and villages, I promised I would write about the history of our country’s ...

The devastating health effects of lead exposure are well-documented, even at low levels. Modern studies highlight how lead ...

A deeper look into the development of ancient Greek art and sculpture through time, covering various styles, forms and ...

A recent study conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has uncovered the earliest known evidence of ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they may be somewhere else entirely. But one thing is certain: Archaeologists ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

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 increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...