GIANT STONE 'HAND AXE' DISCOVERED IN ALULA SET TO REWRITE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE REGION

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Fine-grained basalt tool is 51.3cm long and likely more than 200,000 years oldAppears to be the world's largest 'hand axe' dating to the Lower-Middle Palaeolithic periodRoyal Commission for AlUla's research teams are continuing to unlock ancient mysteriesView original content:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/giant-stone-hand-axe-discovered-in-alula-set-to-rewrite-ancient-history-of-the-region-301979533.html