The Robberg is one of southern Africa's most distinctive and widespread stone tool technologies. Robberg tools—which we found ...

On Earth, gold is estimated to be more than four billion years old, with around 216,265 tonnes of gold mined throughout its ...

A surprise titanium find in the Gawler Craton of South Australia has generated some serious interest in one junior explorer.

The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. NICE, ...

After public and expert backlash, Peru reversed a controversial decision and restored full protection to the ancient Nazca ...

Peru's government has abandoned a plan that reduced the size of a protected area around the country's ancient Nazca Lines, it ...

The Peruvian government has redrawn the borders of the archaeological reserve protecting the ancient Nazca Lines, a decision ...

Many drilled rock cores showed visible gold.” These were the words of Chen Rulin of the Hunan Geological Bureau as China’s ...

The gold bugs are back and that’s bugging quite a few people.

Peru's government reduced the protected area around the Nazca Lines, sparking concerns over vulnerability to informal mining.

This land is your land — until a foreign mining company wants it,” writes the owner and caretaker of a historic 19th-century mining town in Inyo.