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

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

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

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago. That's ...

The Putnam Museum and Science Center is getting ready for its 2025 Gala, but things are a bit different this year. The dress ...

Ancient Greece produced ... low and localized in ancient Greece, considered the cradle of European civilization, throughout the Bronze Age, the Classical period and the Hellenistic period.

Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The ...

Xenophon's Anabasis follows the journey of ten thousand Greek mercenaries and their families trapped deep behind enemy lines. Their gripping escape became the stuff of legend. Interwoven within the ...

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