Stone Age ‘should be renamed’ after ancient wooden structure discovered
The Stone Age may have to be renamed following the discovery that early humans were building wooden structures nearly half a million years ago, archaeologists have said. Two planks of worked wood dating back at least 476,000 years, which possibly formed …
Ancient Sumerians invented water flumes thousands of years earlier than previously thought
Ancient Sumerians invented a “civilisation-saving” water channel 4,000 years ago, a British Museum dig has revealed. Archaeologists working at the ruined city of Girsu in Iraq have discovered the true function of a mysterious structure created by the …