Only the inscriptions on the lead ingots will be preserved. -- INFN/Cagliari Archeological SuperintendenceAfter a few years' absence, I've added Mirabilis.ca back onto the links list, and that's the source of the link for this story. Turns out my old Mirabilis link was to an archived page -- that's why it didn't change. You have read that the brain shrinks as you get older, right?
I’d like to cast some bullets from that lead.
OK this may be a stupid question, but why does mining the lead cause it to start to decay? Would it not decay equally while still in the ground? If the half life is 22 years, the lead has presumably been in the ground since the earth formed billions of years ago, so why is *any* of it still radioactive?
Since lead water pipes were used in Caesar`s Rome, all the population was aglow.
