In the past few decades, humans around the world have made a lot of effort toward being more environmentally friendly. Whether it is by using more sustainable energy sources, capturing waste from coal ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old mining factory, worker houses and other ruins at Sukari gold mine, photos show and officials said. Screengrab from @momenelshenawy's YouTube video Seen from ...

A recent archaeological investigation in southwestern Spain has uncovered an astonishingly well-preserved collection of esparto grass sandals. Discovered in the ancient mining settlement of Urium, ...

Egyptian officials recently announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old mining complex, complete with remnants of ancient homes, workshops and even baths. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ...

Gold didn’t simply glitter in ancient Egypt—it carried a cost people rarely acknowledge. Archaeologists working at Ghooza, a remote gold mine in Egypt’s Eastern Desert, uncovered something far colder ...

IN the month of March, 1848, Samuel O. Knapp and J. B. Townsend discovered, from tracks in the snow, that a hedgehog had taken up his winter-quarters in a cavity of a ledge of rocks, about twelve ...

For the first time, archaeologists have discovered wooden defenses surrounding an ancient Roman military base. The fence topped with sharpened wooden stakes, akin to today’s barbed wire, is the kind ...

JABAL SUKARI, EGYPT—La Brújula Verde reports that the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities completed a two-year excavation and preservation project of an ancient mining camp at Jabal Sukari ...

"In 2009, Perú was the world's leading producer of silver, the world's second leading producer of copper, and the leading producer of gold in Latin America. However, Perú's role as a producer of ...

GARPENBERG MINE, Sweden (Reuters) - Hundreds of meters below the lush forests of rural Sweden, one of the world’s most ancient mines has been transformed into one of the most modern.Sensors linked to ...