Construction works help archaeologists unearth Stone Age relics in Moscow
Society & Culture
June 16, 11:11 UTC+3
The scientists believe the artifacts could have penetrated the much older cultural layers 400 or 500 years ago during digging efforts
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MOSCOW, June 16. /TASS/. Archaeologists have uncovered rare 5,000-year old tools in Moscow during the city’s ongoing construction project to renovate pedestrian zones, the mayor’s office said on Friday.
The scientists discovered a silicic cutter from the Neolithic era or New Stone Age (5,000-3,000 BC) on Sretenka Street and a fragment of a scraper of the Mesolithic era or Middle Stone Age (7,000 BC) on Pokrovsky Boulevard.
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