Who wants to learn about terrible working conditions and basic lapses in safety? Because that is what you are getting as this week we talk about mines. Learn about the earliest human 'mining' (picking stuff off the ground), Egyptians and the 'flesh of the gods', Romans literally moving mountains, and the Chinese once again being better at everything than everyone.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Copiap%C3%B3_mining_accidenthttps://www.quora.com/How-was-mining-done-in-ancient-timeshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1273673/http://www.crystalinks.com/prehistoric_mining.htmlhttps://www.irocks.com/china-crystalline-treasures-e-book-mining-historyhttps://depositsmag.com/2016/07/14/mining-in-ancient-greece-and-rome/https://global.oup.com/academic/product/imperial-mines-and-quarries-in-the-roman-world-9780199572878http://www.miningweekly.com/article/gold-and-silver-in-medieval-europe-2012-08-17https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rushhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalworker%27s_pneumoconiosishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_blair_mountainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_the_United_Stateshttps://www.mining-technology.com/features/feature-world-worst-coal-mining-disasters-china/