Oldest metal object found to date in Middle East
Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 15:11
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A copper awl, the oldest metal object found to date in the Middle East, has been discovered during the excavations at Tel Tsaf. The awl dates back to the late 6th millennium or the early 5th millennium BCE, moving back by several hundred years the date it was previously thought that the peoples of the region began to use metals.