200,000-year-old hand axe discovered in Saudi Arabia:
200,000-year-old hand axe discovered in Saudi Arabia: The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) of Saudi Arabia has announced that archeological excavation teams at the Qurh site in AlUla Governorate have discovered a Paleolithic Age hand axe estimated to be more than 200,000 years old. Qurh (AL-Mabiyat) is located near the village of Mugheira, some 20 Kilometers south of the modern town of AlUla.The stone tool was found to be 20.2 inches in length. It is also two inches thick and four inches wide. Despite being considerably massive, the hand ax tool could be easily carried with two hands. Both sides of the stone tool were observed to have been sharpened. This suggests that the tool could have been used for chopping or cutting. However, it remains unclear what it was used for and what specific species created it.