The fossil skull that rocked the world—the Taung find's complex colonial legacy 100 years later
In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart, acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone ...
5,200-Year-Old Lead Pollution Reveals Secrets of Early Civilizations
Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...
Nubian kings ruled Egypt for less than 100 years. Their influence lasted centuries.
Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...
From Rock to Ledger: How Blockchain Could Reshape Mining in South Africa
This year’s Mining Indaba got me thinking—not just about the scale of South Africa’s mineral wealth but about the systems ...
Nature3d
Record-setting trove of buried beads speaks to power of ancient women
A Copper Age burial in Spain holds the largest collection of beads ever found ― enough to require a tonne of shellfish as raw material.
Smithsonian Magazine3d
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 ...
Africa is the key to crypto mass adoption
Africa’s financial landscape propels crypto innovation, potentially accelerating mass adoption and refining blockchain ...
Greek Reporter3d
The 10 Largest Companies in Greece by Market Capitalization
Determining the largest companies in Greece involves evaluating various metrics such as market capitalization, revenue and ...