The environmental pollution generated by ancient copper production was far less severe than previously thought.

Ancient texts speak of a strange and valuable metal known as orichalcum. The mystical material was often dismissed as a ...

Much like mines in the modern age, scholars have long assumed that ancient mining and metallurgy were highly toxic and ...

The findings match those previously recorded from the Wadi Faynan region of Jordan. In that study—led from the Hebrew ...

The new study contradicts a series of papers published since the 1990s about pollution caused allegedly by the ancient copper industry. Prof. Ben-Yosef explains, "We demonstrate that this is not true.

A new study from Tel Aviv University overturns prevailing scientific beliefs that King Solomon’s Mines not only harmed the health of workers in the ancient copper industry but also pose risks to ...

a center of the copper trade, which was the island’s main source of wealth. Unlike the nearby ancient city of Salamis whose Roman ruins stand to this day (not to be confused with the Island of ...

Partington, on "Chemistry in the Ancient World". The lecture dealt mainly ... The earliest metal known was probably gold, although copper was known very early in Egypt. The metals silver, lead ...

Hyderabad: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has made a significant discovery at the Srisailam Temple in Andhra ...

Buried below the ancient ruins is a lode of copper ore that extends two and a half miles across and runs a mile or more into the Baba Wali mountain, which dominates the site. It ranks as one of ...