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 ...

Researchers have uncovered a long-forgotten Roman goldmine hidden beneath the dense vegetation of León, Spain. The site, located in the Eria river valley, was revealed using cutting-edge LiDAR (Light ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the oldest examples of Indigenous mining documented in North America, a series of small Isle Royale copper mines, has been designated an official National Historic Landmark. Archaeological and ...

The gold and silver mines of ancient Greece produced the metals needed to forge empires and lay the foundations of Western ...

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 ...

Archaeologists recently analyzed three ancient lead bars discovered in Spain, shedding light on the mining industry in the Roman era. The three-sided bars — referred to as ingots — were unearthed ...

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