A team of archaeologists in China has discovered the ancient grave of a woman who was buried about 2,200 years ago, whose teeth were painted with a red mineral called cinnabar, which is known to be ...

Bones in Spain suggest a mercury-rich mineral used for art and hallucinogenic trips poisoned a community 5,000 years ago Bridget Alex - Contributing Writer Cinnabar powder covered the remains of 20 ...

A recent paper published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and in which researchers from the University of Seville participate, explores the complex relationship between humans and ...

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In a first-of-its-kind discovery, archaeologists in China have unearthed the 2,200-year-old burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, a toxic red substance. Cinnabar is a ...

Soil analysis from several Maya cities found levels of mercury that could harm health, and modern archaeologists could be at risk. Reading time 2 minutes Ancient Maya cities like Tikal and Cerén were ...

Cinnabar from Spain. It is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury, and is the historic source for the brilliant red or scarlet pigment termed vermilion. Mercury is one of the few ...

The bones, uncovered in Spain and Portugal, are from 370 individuals who lived during the Late Neolithic and Copper Age, with the highest levels of mercury found among those living in the beginning of ...

The formula of the red, shiny and intense colour that dominated Pompeii's wall paintings 2000 years ago has been discovered by an Italian researcher. Buried in the catastrophic eruption in 79 AD, the ...

The formula of the red, shiny and intense colour that dominated Pompeii's wall paintings 2000 years ago has been discovered by an Italian researcher. Buried in the catastrophic eruption in 79 AD, the ...