A group of flaked flint tools including a large cream Acheulian hand axe with tapered end and thick butt -- 5¼in. (13.4cm.) long, a cream Acheulian circular scraper with serrated edge -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) across, both from the Negev Desert, Israel, Middle Paleolithic, circa 250,000-30,000 B.C., a Paleolithic blade core, from Christchurch, Hampshire -- 4in. (10cm.) long, circa 30,000-12,000 B.C., a large mottled brown-black flaked flint axe head, from Northfleet, Kent -- 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) long, a long rectangular blue-grey Neolithic axe head, from West Africa -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) long, both circa 3rd millennium B.C., and two Neolithic proto-axe heads in grey-green volcanic tuff, from Langdales, Pide 'o' Stickle, Lake District -- 5in. (12.7in.) long av., 3250-1750 B.C. (11)

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A group of flaked flint tools including a large cream Acheulian hand axe with tapered end and thick butt -- 5¼in. (13.4cm.) long, a cream Acheulian circular scraper with serrated edge -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) across, both from the Negev Desert, Israel, Middle Paleolithic, circa 250,000-30,000 B.C., a Paleolithic blade core, from Christchurch, Hampshire -- 4in. (10cm.) long, circa 30,000-12,000 B.C., a large mottled brown-black flaked flint axe head, from Northfleet, Kent -- 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) long, a long rectangular blue-grey Neolithic axe head, from West Africa -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) long, both circa 3rd millennium B.C., and two Neolithic proto-axe heads in grey-green volcanic tuff, from Langdales, Pide 'o' Stickle, Lake District -- 5in. (12.7in.) long av., 3250-1750 B.C. (11)

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