most probably did not suffer at all from any kind of health consequences” resulting from the mines, Ben-Yosef told The Times of Israel by phone. The study, “Pre-Roman copper industry had no ...

We found that pollution levels at the Timna copper mining sites are extremely low and ... hypotheses about global pollution during the pre-Roman period lack solid evidence. "There was a trend ...

In 1848 the first of these old mines was discovered, and in it was found a mass ot pure copper, weighing six tons ... The descendants of the Greeks and Romans are not like their forefathers ...

Similar copper ingots have been discovered on the island and have been linked to the Roman mining activities at Parys Mountain. This ingot, and a related fragment, were found together, and may ...