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Rare 8,000-Year-Old Antler Axe Found in Prehistoric Hunters’ Camp in Italy
Archaeologists excavating a cave in northeastern Italy have uncovered a rare antler axe dating to around 8,000 years ago. The piece still shows traces of a hole that its prehistoric maker started but never finished. The find comes from a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer camp buried directly beneath the earliest farming layers in the region. The discovery…
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Two Prehistoric Settlements Unearthed in Sweden Reveal 5,000 Years of Human Life
Archaeologists in Bohuslän, western Sweden, have uncovered two prehistoric settlements lying side by side on a grassy field — one dating back to the Stone Age, the other to the transition between the Bronze and Iron Ages. The discovery, announced in October 2025, traces more than 5,000 years of continuous human activity in the same…