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 ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. – 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 Washington ...

In this video, learn how to make a stone axe using primitive technology through a step-by-step process. Other videos in this ...

Two high school students found a 6,000-year-old Native American stone ax on George Washington’s estate in Virginia. Ohio seniors Dominic Anderson and Jared Phillips made the sensational ...

More An exquisitely decorated 7,500-year-old antler from central Sweden was first used as a battle ax and later probably as a fishing harpoon during the Stone Age, a new study suggests.

Archaeologists identified the smooth stone as a fragment of a 4,500-year-old stone ax. The 4,500-year-old ax fragment as seen from the side. Photo from the Lublin Provincial Conservator of Monuments ...

Archaeologists identified the smooth stone as a fragment of a 4,500-year-old stone ax. The 4,500-year-old ax fragment as seen from the side. Photo from the Lublin Provincial Conservator of Monuments ...

About 6,000 years ago, a precious stone ax that had been skillfully carved and shaped by Native Americans was lost on a ridge over looking the Potomac River in Virginia. The ax, about seven inches ...

The hand ax, seen here beside a 20-pence coin, is between 40,000 and 60,000 years old. Worthing Museum During a recent visit to a local museum in southern England, a 9-year-old boy felt a pang of ...

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).