These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...

Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...

Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...

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While most of us learned that the wheel was invented around 3500 BCE for transportation, a groundbreaking discovery in Israel suggests we need to roll back our understanding of rotational technology ...

The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that wheel-like technologies existed even earlier.

Attendees can try spinning on a drop spindle or spinning wheel, watch demonstrations, and learn about the art form.” About a dozen spinners in Central Pennsylvania took part in WSIPD in front of ...

Archaeologists uncover doughnut-shaped pebbles in Israel, revealing possible use as early rotational tools in textile ...

When Braxton Sickel bought his 1980 GMC C25 service truck he inadvertently tapped into a thirsty market. The Calgarian is ...

Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...