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

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from invaders ...

A new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment revealed that lead pollution in the Aegean Sea dates ...

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, ...

Researchers Discover Tyrian Purple, the Most Expensive Dye From 3600 Years Ago; 'Can Still Use It for Dying...' ...

No one can realistically be expected to know everything about the Palestinian Arab/Israeli conflict, yet there are recurring canards that one should be prepared to address with some level of knowledge ...

One summer’s day in 1936, a crowd piled into a Mayfair gallery to hear Salvador Dalí give a lecture at the International Surrealist Exhibition ...

Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese citizens accounted for 64.7% of the total. Thai nationals numbered 2,146,674, or 32% of the ...