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While Oman is perhaps the most mysterious corner of the Arabian peninsula to Westerners, the country retains a strong sense of identity, a pride in its ancient past, and unique surprises in the domain of...

The Russian Empire under Peter I (reign 1682–1725) emerged from an intensified process of military and state-building reform rather than a sudden break with...

During the 18th century, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico formed one of the most strategically contested regions of the Atlantic world. Initially dominated...

As a result of erosion and mining, one of the oldest and most sophistcated art-producing cultures known in sub-Saharan Africa came to light in the mid-20th century. Hundreds of hollow figures, heads, and fragments...

An 1854 diagram of the steam hammer invented by James Nasmyth (1808-1890) in 1839. The hammer used steam power to precision drop a weight which bent metal to specification. (From Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical...

A closed mine entrance at the Silber Bergwerg Freiberg. The Silber Bergwerg Freiberg closed down its mining activities in 1968 CE.

The Annaberg Mountain Altar, painted by Hans Hesse (1470 - 1539 CE), was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of the Ore Mountain Mining Region 2019 CE. The altar painting depicts the different types of...

Svaneti is a historic province in the northwestern part of Georgia on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The region has a high content of gold in its rocks and river alluvium, which...

The abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement of Pyramiden on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

Funerary stela of a mining boy from Hispania Citerior, 1st century CE. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid.