Fragments of the ground-edge stone ax blade found at the Carpenter's Gap archaeological site in northwestern Australia and dated to between 46,000 and 49,000 years ago. Fragments of the ground-edge ...

A student taking part in his first ever archaeological dig has discovered an incredible ax dating back to the 'New Stone Age.' Joe Neal, a second-year archaeology student at the University of Wales ...

In this video, I start building a new hut using locally sourced materials, including wood. I discuss the benefits of a stone ...

High school students on an archaeology field trip helped discover a 6,000-year-old stone ax head at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate. Roughly 7 inches long and 3 inches wide, the ax would have ...

A 35,000-year-old stone ax discovered in northern Australia is the oldest known tool with ground edges, researchers reported on Saturday (Nov. 6). Humans' hominid ancestors have been using stone tools ...

A team of archaeologists, including students, working under a blazing summer sun on a high hill near O’Fallon, Ill., have made a rare find. In what was considered to be an "ordinary" ancient farming ...

Six millennia after a stone ax was carved, it was rediscovered by a pair of Ohio teens on an archaeological dig at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. The students from Archbishop Hoban High ...

NEW YORK — To the primitive hands that deftly shaped it from rose-colored quartz 350,000 years ago, a glittering stone ax may have been as dazzling as any ceremonial saber. It was found in the depths ...

What's a Stone Age axe doing in an Iron Age tomb? Archaeologists are now researching older objects in younger graves and they have found a pattern. "If one finds something once, it's accidental. If it ...

Mitch Dickey sat down to wait for his 2-year-old grandson to grow tired of throwing rocks along a gravel road near his south Richland home. As he waited, an usual stone among the river rock in the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What could be the world's oldest stone ax blade has been identified from fragments found in an ...