The accident took place in an open-pit area people had gone into in search of gold. Informal mining is a common and dangerous ...

A gold mine has collapsed in the east of Mali, leaving a preliminary death toll of 42 and many injured, according to Malian ...

Forty-three people, mostly women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali on Saturday, the head of an industry union said.

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

The University of Richmond recently held a repatriation ceremony to return a collection of ancient pre-Hispanic artifacts to Mexico. The artifacts included a small disc-shaped gaming piece that ...

More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took place near Kéniéba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region.

A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.

The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some ...

“We took a lot of care when it came to excavating not only the artifacts and objects within the sub, but the human remains as well. As an archeologist, it’s our job to use and study the objects and ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...