michael_w_busch, 16 days ago

@lauren @nyrath There has also a been a market in "ancient lead" ingots to be made into shielding for particle detectors; for the same reason.

Which has been understandably controversial because archaeologists would prefer that the artifacts they are studying not be literally melted down: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-roman-lead-physics-archaeology-controversy/