TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has commenced an exploratory excavation on a sloping hill situated near an ancient mine that previously yielded well-reserved corpses of entrapped miners.

The extension of the German Mining Museum in the city of Bochum – is meant to be visually reminiscent of the coal once extracted in the region. Dubbed the “Black Diamond”, it was designed by the ...

"Highlights of Ancient Mining from Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum", and "Death by Salt" will be running from November 3 to January 14, 2022, at the major museum, which is located in downtown Tehran.

Text description provided by the architects. The Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, a German Mining Museum, lies in the heart of the Ruhr Area, in the city of Bochum. The museum is one of the most important ...

The miner's greeting "Glueck auf" has died out, as no one goes down the mine shafts in Bochum these days. Instead, this former coal city is focusing on the service industry and reinventing itself as a ...