Artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa has grown significantly in recent decades. Between 1999 and 2019, the estimated number of African miners engaged in this sector increased from two million…

The illegal gold trade is at the center of violent struggles for power in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Government forces and militias vie over gold-rich areas, clearing the…

NUNDLE, Australia — Mount Misery is not a name to inspire confidence in a budding treasure hunter. But 160 years ago, European and Chinese prospectors dragged thousands of grams of…

A Northern California couple was out walking their dog on their property when they found $10 million dollars in gold coins buried beneath an oak tree. Nearly all of the…

Did ‘the Anglo-Saxon migrations’ take place, and were Romano-British leaders replaced by those of Germanic descent? Susan Oosthuizen’s new book, The Emergence of the English, is a call to rethink…

Dreaming of finding gold? Aussie Gold fever is infectious! There are a good reasons why you can dream about finding gold and striking it rich in Australia – simply put,…

Looking for a slew of real world pulp adventure story seeds or quest objects? We’ve collected 100 possibilities for your consideration. Most focus on the classic pulp era (1900s to…

Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Ancient Egypt. Along with Nefertiti, she is perhaps the most important woman of Egyptian culture, and there are still many…

El mes pasado, excavadores egipcios revelaron un tesoro escondido durante mucho tiempo en el cementerio de Al-Asasif en Luxor. El descubrimiento, que incluyó 30 ataúdes y momias bellamente conservados, que…