The object depicted was long thought to be a stone. A close-up of "The Melun Diptych", ca. 1455, Jean Fouquet. Courtesy Steven Kangas and authors. The Melun Diptych takes its name from the Northern ...

"Commonly known as a hatchet, this smaller variety of axe is an everyday work tool. Despite its short reach, it is easy to handle, excelling in successive attackers." The Hand Axe Default Weapon Skill ...

Researchers from University College London's Institute of Archaeology have uncovered a cache of 800 stone artefacts dating to more than 300,000 years ago. The find includes one of the largest ...

The Hand Axe is an Axe in Elden Ring that scales with Strength and Dexterity. The weapon comes equipped by default with the Quickstep Skill. The Hand Axe can be upgraded using Smithing Stones and can ...

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Around 1455, a medieval French painter and miniaturist named Jean Fouquet painted a small diptych with two panels, one of which depicts St. Stephen holding a strangely shaped stone—usually interpreted ...

Hand axes are fairly common finds at sites dating between 2 million and 1 million years old. These sturdy tools have two sides (also called faces) and a sharp edge at one end. But hand axes are ...

An "incredible discovery" and a "chance finding" is how a family have described uncovering a prehistoric hand axe. Mel Harrison picked up the hand-sized flintstone which tour guide Martin Simpson ...

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The hand axe was discovered by an international team of archaeologists working with The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), directed by Dr Ömer 'Can' Aksoy and Dr Gizem Kahraman Aksoy of TEOS Heritage.