Mysterious Stone in 15th-Century Painting Could Be a Prehistoric Tool Jean Fouquet’s “Melun Diptych” is likely the earliest artistic representation of an Acheulean hand ax ...

Man weeding raspberry patch in Potok Górny stumbled on fragment of ancient stone ax linked to Globular Amphora culture, archaeologists said.

A haul of Stone Age artifacts included a highly ornamental deer antler that had been turned into an ax handle. The discovery is extremely rare, according to experts, and likely served multiple ...

"Stone ax heads such as these have been found at large important centers," Pauketat said, "and may be a marker of ‘wealth’ or social status." That the axes were hoarded is not unusual, he said.

From razor-sharp flint blades to crushing stone axes, Stone Age weapons were as lethal as they were ingenious—perfected for both hunting and combat.

A stone ax head is one of many notable artifacts recently discovered by archaeologists at the site of a Native American settlement that once thrived in the 1300s along the Illinois River in ...

A haul of Stone Age artifacts included a highly ornamental deer antler that had been turned into an ax handle. The discovery is extremely rare, according to experts, and likely served multiple ...

Man weeding raspberry patch in Potok Górny stumbled on fragment of ancient stone ax linked to Globular Amphora culture, archaeologists said.

Man weeding raspberry patch in Potok Górny stumbled on fragment of ancient stone ax linked to Globular Amphora culture, archaeologists said.