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Five Unusual Ways People Used Lead—and Suffered For It
Lead-icine Upper-class men and women in ancient Egypt commonly defined their eyes with kohl—a dark powder made from lead ...
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A Five-Pound Hunk of the World's Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero's Palace
In the ruins of Rome’s opulent Domus Aurea palace, archaeologists have uncovered an array of ancient pigments used by artisans to paint the walls of the emperor Nero’s stately marble home with ...