‘1.5 million-year-old’ hand axes, 850 artifacts unearthed in Iraq’s dried-up lake
Interestingly, all the artifacts were found on the surface of the ground, not buried deep in the soil. These artifacts ...
Hand axes discovered in Iraqi desert may go back 1.5 million years
Ella Egberts (VUB) traveled to Iraq in November and December as part of a pilot project to search for archaeological surface ...
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Rare 60,000-year-old axe found by 9-year-old boy
A 6-year-old’s beach find turns out to be a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal hand axe, now displayed in Worthing Museum.
Iraq's ancient lake bed reveals hand axes dating back 1.5 million years
The discoveries were focused on the Al-Shabakah area, which was once a large lake during the Pleistocene epoch but is now a ...
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Stone axes up to 1.5 million years old find in Iraq
Belgian scientists from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) have announced the results of an expedition in the Iraqi ...
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Close-up detail of the hand-axe like object in Jean Fouquet's "Étienne Chevalier with ...
Close-up detail of the hand-axe like object in Jean Fouquet's "Étienne Chevalier with Saint Stephen," left panel of "The Melun Diptych" (circa 1455) by Jean Fouquet. Credit must be given to the ...