(JNS) A 12,000-year-old tool used to spin fibers into yarn has been identified in an archaeological dig in northern Israel, ...

Researchers have determined that a collection of 12,000-year-old tiny stone objects found at a Stone Age site in the Jordan ...

A new study by researchers from Hebrew University has identified 12,000 years old spindle whorls — early tools used to spin ...

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

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

Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool, yarn experts who use rare-breeds have said. Becci and Markus Pamely-Bast ...

Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...

A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a new ...

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a collection of 12,000-year-old perforated stones that might represent one of ...

Spinner Gael Zembal will demonstrate the process of spinning sheep's wool fiber into yarn from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Old Town Hall Museum, 10200 Penn Ave.

A new study by researchers from Hebrew University has identified 12,000 years old spindle whorls - early tools used to spin fibers into yarn. This discovery, recovered from the Nahal-Ein Gev II dig ...

Within its high rise walls, a socialist utopia stirred. The clatter of the spinning machines churned out their cotton yarn, children received an education, and families lived in decent homes.