Archaeologists have discovered a giant hand ax that is thought to be more than 200,000 years old. An international team of research researchers uncovered the prehistoric stone artifact during an ...

An archeologist measures the biggest of two "giant" prehistoric hand axes uncovered in the south of England.Archaeology South-East/ UCL Two giant hand axes have been uncovered in prehistoric sediment ...

Researchers say they have identified the first example of a bone, not stone, hand ax crafted by ancient humans in East Asia. Makers of the curved, pear-shaped implement probably used it to dig up ...

Researchers from University College London's Institute of Archaeology have uncovered a cache of 800 stone artefacts dating to more than 300,000 years ago. The find includes one of the largest ...

22:18, Thu, Oct 19, 2023 Updated: 23:22, Thu, Oct 19, 2023 A stone ax of the type used more than 500,000 years ago has been spotted in an unexpected place — a painting from the 15th century. Typically ...

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Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered a massive cache of stone artifacts, some of them more than 1.7 million years old. They might reveal when different species of early hominins first ...

Hand axes from the site of Saffaqah, Saudi Arabia. Palaeodeserts/Ian R. Cartwright Nearly 200,000 years ago, at the confluence of two long-vanished river systems in the heart of Arabia, people climbed ...

We return to the age of iron and blood. In this medieval axe experiment, we forge a hybrid of historical design and raw ...

A reliable hand knife is a necessary tool for any outdoor adventurer, but there are often times when a little more oomph is needed. Colorado's Bone Daddy Blade WerX has come up with a multitool that ...