The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone ...

The man placed clothes in a basin, positioned under a mountain bike, and used the spinning wheel of the bike to mimic a ...

The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that ...

A rare glimpse into the Natufian culture and the transition from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one.

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

Eggy brought some friendly competition to Atlanta on Halloween with "The Waiting Game Show," a special performance guided by childhood games.

Curious Cat Explores a Spinning Pottery Wheel ...

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

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

When connected, they form a rudimentary wheel-and-axle mechanism that can spin fibers like wool or flax into yarn more ...

After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...

form a similar wheel-and-axle-like device to help the spindle rotate faster and longer, enabling it to efficiently gather up ...