Whichever way you slice it, these prehistoric axes are special

Stone-age hand axes, discovered deep underwater in Table Bay, have been donated to the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town

13 February 2022 - 00:00

They spent hundreds of thousands of years underwater and 25 years under Bruno Werz's bed.  Finally, three of the world’s oldest known underwater artefacts — prehistoric hand axes found in Table Bay — have been handed over to a Cape Town museum...

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