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

Fine-grained basalt tool is 51.3cm long and likely more than 200,000 years old Appears to be the world’s largest ‘hand axe’ dating to the Lower-Middle Palaeolithic period Royal Commission for AlUla’s research teams are continuing to unlock ancient mysteries ALULA, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 7,…