Early human cultures likely used stones as spindle whorls to spin fibers into yarn. A collection of perforated pebbles ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

This camera stands among the world's most prestigious models, and it has never before been available at such a low price.

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