Estimate Lead and Cadmium contents of some archeological samples collected from ancient cities location (Cyrene and Abolonia) at Al - Gabal Al -Akhder Region, Libya

Abstract

This study was carried out on archeological samples which collected from one of the most important ancient cities which located at eastern north side of Libya, these cities called (Cyrene and Abolonia Cyrene). Different samples were collected from the outside surface of the studied samples. The contents of lead (pb) and cadmium (Cd) were determined b using atomic absorption instrument. The results showed small variations for the studied metals between the studied samples. The concluded that the source of the detected metals are mainly due to the effects of air pollutions by the dust of machines and cars.