The acid decays the tooth ... Both of these disease-causing bacteria have essentially changed dramatically from the Bronze Age to today. However, it’s the very recent cultural transitions ...

French Olympic swimmers Yohann Ndoye-Brouard and Clement Secchi have recently gone viral after posting social media photos of seemingly deteriorating bronze medals from this summer’s games that ...

The bacteria is rare in the ancient genomic record, likely because it does not preserve well due to its acid-producing nature ... the bacteria found on the Bronze Age teeth and comparing it ...

Everything from centuries-old bodies, to Bronze Age weapons ... low-oxygen and high acid environments offered a way to preserve foodstuffs that would have otherwise spoiled quickly.