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

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

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said NATO needs to take seriously Turkey's expansionist ambitions and President Erdoğan's desire to "recreate the Ottoman Empire" amid aggression.

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, ...

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

Greek Defense Minister Dendias is sounding the alarm that Turkish President Erdogan's aggression actions in the Middle East, ...

Learn more about the earliest evidence of human-caused contamination from lead, found in the ancient Aegean.

Lead pollution started peaking when the Romans took over the Aegean coastline.

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, ...

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 ...