GIANT STONE ‘HAND AXE’ DISCOVERED IN ALULA SET TO REWRITE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE REGION
A team of researchers working in AlUla, north-west Saudi Arabia, has discovered what is likely to be the largest stone ‘hand axe’ artefact found anywhere in the world. Initial field assessment suggests that this giant artefact dates to the Lower-Middle Palaeolithic period and is over 200,000 years old. The hand axe was discovered by an international […]
