The land mine is one of the most destructive and indiscriminate weapons of war ever devised. The history of this insidious ...

Just 50 kilometers south of Athens, between Thoricus and Cape Sounion, lies the mines of Laurion. Silver, copper, lead have ...

The findings, published in the journal Antiquity, provide the first conclusive chemical evidence that tin from Cornwall and ...

Colorado School of Mines senior Alexandra Nickle will graduate with that same degree this year. She’s passionate about the ...

A mecca for climbers, hikers, geologists and nature lovers today, the Troodos mountain range is the backbone of Cyprus ever ...

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is looking for the next rare gem, a player like Antonio Gates who has that superstar ...

“We have ancient mines that were active from the Bronze Age to the late Roman Period, and then we have the modern ones that started in the late 19th century,” Papageorgiou says, “yet the ...

In the late 1700s to mid-1800s, coal miners worked in dim light, fueled at first by candles affixed to their heads, and later ...

While the region offers hiking, biking, fishing, and ATV/side by side/Motorcycle riding, these activities should be ...

This American public park is the only one in the world where visitors can mine and take home real diamonds from their ...

Burro races honor Old West history and hinge on a delicate partnership ... in a race winding through the historic, turquoise-mining town of Cerrillos in northern New Mexico. Runners led burros ...