In 2025, Israeli archaeologists unearthed an incredible Early Bronze Age flint blade production workshop from 5,500 years ago, the first of its kind ever found in southern Israel.

What it tells us about the past: This flint tool from a Neolithic archaeological site in southern Germany provides a rare look at how prehistoric knives were actually used: with a wooden handle that ...

This is a pristine flint blade made from chert of the Upper Chalk of the North Downs. I found this flint knife while running in a race. It was exposed by rain. I stopped to pick it up. It has the most ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. See Hough, Walter. "A New Type of ...

What it is: A flint tool with a wooden handle and birch tar Where it is from: Öhningen, southern Germany When it was made: 3800 to 3500 B.C. Related: Hohle Fels water bird: The oldest depiction of a ...

Potential human ancestor Homo heidelbergensis used this 480,000-year-old bone hammer to create flint tools. UCL Institute of Archaeology Some 480,000 years ago, a group of 30 to 40 early hominins met ...

IN glancing over a considerable series of American stone implements, we quite naturally expect to find that ever-present feature of the modern Indian's outfit, the scalping-knife. In every collection ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Ice Age tribes used these for butchery. Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and members ...