Tag: Diggers
with the diggers of Kédougou, the last major city in the East
In Senegal, almost a month before the presidential election on February 25, our correspondents are traveling the country to meet voters. The town of Kédougou, in the far southeast, is…
The truffles coveted by gourmands are dangerous gold for the poor in Syria – Isis and landmines have killed two hundred diggers
Poor Syrians pick truffles despite great dangers. Isis and landmines have killed more than 150 truffle pickers in the Syrian deserts in recent months. The extremist organization Isis has killed…
rescue teams give way to diggers
Ten days after the earthquake in Turkey, the search for survivors is coming to an end and is now giving way to backhoes and excavators who are beginning to clear…
Gold diggers find mammoth chick in Canada – “This is North America’s most important paleontological discovery”
Only one similar glacial giant chick has been found in the world in the past. Mikko Leppänen, Jutta Mattsson Miners at the Klondike goldfields have found an almost completely preserved…
The Gold Diggers’ unexpected jackpot: Mummified mammoth tongue
When Canadian miners dug through the permafrost in the Klondike gold area this week, they discovered a very old mummified mammoth. Researchers believe that the baby, a woolly mammoth, was…