The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

Whether it's calluses, osteoarthritis, or the "phone pinky," our hands tell a story and can reveal a lot about the lives we live and the daily items we use. But what about the hands of our ancient ...

Rare hand axes from the Sakhnin Valley show Homo erectus picked fossil- and crystal-rich stones for visual appeal, hinting at ...

A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle Paleolithic eras. Included in the finds were ancient stone hand axes that date ...

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. -- When a severed human hand arrived in his mailbox, Bob Brier wasn't horrified or shocked. He thought it might be something cool to bring to work. Brier is a professor of Egyptology ...

Nearly a century ago, archaeologists excavating a cemetery in Upper Egypt dating back to the late 4th millennium BCE discovered a small, unrecognizable artifact in the grave of an adult male. While ...

Re-examination of an Egyptian artifact discovered about 100 years ago led researchers to realize it is an ancient “bow drill.” The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical ...

A pilot project to investigate the archaeological surface material present in the Iraqi Western Desert recently discovered a bounty of finds from the Old and Middle Paleolithic era, including 850 ...