One of Asia’s fastest-growing cities has no major river and its deep groundwater is running out, but an age-old practice could help the city find water. The school is housed in a nondescript ...

THE world’s largest sapphire cluster worth £72million has been unearthed in a man’s back garden when workmen began digging a well. Foreign bids are pouring in for the 510kg stone, which has been moved ...

A COUPLE who discovered a deep well under their sofa have finally hit water after they started digging seven years ago. Colin Steer, and wife Vanessa, both 67, first spotted a slight indentation in ...

A HUSBAND spent 40 days digging a well for his wife after she was banned from fetching water from a nearby village because she is poor. Determined to provide for his wife Bapurao Tajne spent six hours ...

A man in India broke new ground in his village. Bapurao Tajne spent 40 days digging a well after his wife attempted to draw water from the well of someone of a higher caste and was denied — and ...

A Chinese farmer recently got the shock of his life when he unearthed a huge karst cave whilst digging for a well. The man, named as Mr Zang, was working in his back garden 65 feet beneath the ground ...

To avoid forking out huge sums of money on water, many families and businesses have taken to digging a well, sometimes without proper authorizations - Copyright AFP ...

A momentous discovery was made by a group of farmers in the Shaanxi province, China, on 29 March 1974. Yang Zhifa, his five brothers, Yang Quanyi, Yang Peiyan, Yang Xinman, Yang Wenhai, Yang Yanxin ...

In March 1974 farmers uncovered an intricately carved clay head whilst digging a well. Hear from two of the archaeologists who helped excavate thousands of life-sized warriors. Show more Discovered by ...

One of Asia’s fastest-growing cities has no major river and its deep groundwater is running out, but an age-old practice could help the city find water. The school is housed in a nondescript ...