New research shows Roman gold and silver mining in the Balkans was central to imperial finances, coinage, and power for ...

Two iron ankle shackles, buried for about 2,200 years in the Egyptian desert, have revealed new evidence of forced labor.

A recent archaeological study has unearthed a historical truth buried for centuries: the Central Balkans were not a remote ...

Computed tomography is now doing for ancient metalworking what it once did for medicine, turning opaque fragments of slag into detailed cross-sections of early technology. By peering inside 5,000-year ...

Satellite tracking and analysis firm Earth-i observes 40 percent of capacity operating rates at some copper smelting plants in China. Global secondary refined recycled-content production grew by 5.5 ...

Recently, archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mining camp in the Sukari Mountains. Crews found evidence of ancient gold mining, processing, and purification. The archaeological ...

Ancient copper smelting workshop unearthed in South Sinai Nevine El-Aref , Sunday 14 Sep 2025 An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a copper smelting workshop, administrative buildings, and ...

Farran Powell is the managing editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She was previously the assistant managing editor of investing at U.S. News & World Report. Her work has appeared in numerous ...

I built a tall 2.5-meter furnace to see if natural draft alone could achieve temperatures high enough to smelt iron. The furnace reached molten slag but no iron formed, and an unusual pulsing airflow ...

Since my last article for Gold-Eagle, both the Gold market - and U.S. stocks - have seen correction phases, though with each of these having been expected to end up as countertrend moves - against the ...