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Carved Stone Ball

Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection by Oxford University

Jan 23, 20171:45Education

We still do not know why these stone balls were created. They date to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, between 3200 and 1500 BC. They are made of various types of rock, such as sandstone or granite. Could they hav...

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