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Oldest Known Evidence of Lead Pollution Found in Ancient Greece
New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...
‘Forged from the stars’ This ancient treasure contains metal not from Earth
An ancient treasure in Spain contains meteoritic iron, proving early civilizations worked with celestial metals centuries ...
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Ancient copper smelting at ‘King Solomon’s mines’ was less toxic than today’s industry
Since the 5th millennium BCE, but particularly during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages (13th to 9th centuries ... confined to the locations of the ancient smelting furnaces,” and well within ...
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Ancient bracelet made from metal that came from outside Earth
was used to craft elite objects in some ancient cultures before the advent of iron smelting technology. To test their theory, the team carefully sampled the bracelet and hemisphere, subjecting the ...
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Blowing back to a red-hot history
A model of a wind-powered furnace newly set up in the Martin Wickramasinghe museum in Koggala brings to life an ancient iron smelting industry. By Renuka Sadanandan, Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara ...
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Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age women in U.K., scientists say
Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were ... An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England shows that two-thirds of the ...