Iron mining in the Forest of Dean dates back nearly ... the life and times of higher status hunter-gatherers in the Old Stone Age by looking at The Red Lady of Paviland, one of the oldest ...

More about Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Butte, Mont.: There was plenty of skepticism in the old mining town when Hollywood producers began showing up to shoot their shows. Now, many say the industry ...

Mining has played a crucial role in the development of human civilization. From the Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution, the extraction of minerals has shaped economies, technologies and societies.

The preparation of a new edition could not have been entrusted to more competent hands than those of his old ... of Mining Labour,” has become chapter xvii. A Treatise on Ore and Stone Mining.

It was probably in early January of 44 BCE that Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman politician, orator, and philosopher, sat down to write On Old Age. Goodreads At 62, Cicero had endured personal and ...

Using special dredges, scientists have just brought to the surface 100 flint artefacts made by Stone Age humans between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago. The artefacts – a number of small flint ...

Coal mining shafts abandoned more than a century ... 2 as crews conduct drilling and grouting to fill sub-surface voids left by old coal mines. The area was an active coal mine from 1854 to ...

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The ancient artwork was uncovered during excavations at Pompeii in the 19th century. Now, researchers are conducting a long, ...

“We almost know nothing about sound in prehistoric times,” says Riitta Rainio, an archaeologist at the University of Helsinki. Stone Age Rock Art in Finland Most of the rock art in Finland dating to ...