Much like mines in the modern age, scholars have long assumed that ancient mining and metallurgy were highly toxic and dangerous, claiming the industry had a long-term, detrimental effect on the ...

Chris Taylor, known for his success at Great Bear Resources, is now turning his attention to France. Taylor has been ...

A great number of ancient tools have been found ... showing that they employed heat in their mining operations—by heating the rock first, then cooling it quickly with water to soften it ...

"[It] opens up a load of other questions on this topic." While the lands bordering the Aegean Sea were an ancient mining hub, how exactly pollution sources changed over time is unknown. Dr ...

at the Xunyang ancient cinnabar site in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, providing crucial clues for studying the mining, processing, utilization, and transportation of cinnabar in ancient Xunyang.

The Ministry of Information and Culture has announced that dozens of artifacts from the Mes Aynak archaeological site in Logar have been tr ...

Mining company Rio Tinto blasted two ancient Aboriginal sites in WA Artefacts found in the area date 46 000 years The company says they had permission According to ...