Copper awl from Jordan Valley is oldest metal ever discovered in Middle East
Archeologists: Antiquity dates back to 5th or 6th millennium, hundreds of years before metal was previously believed to be used.
AN ARCHEOLOGIST holds the oldest metal object ever discovered in the Middle East, a 4-centimeter copper awl.(photo credit: COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA)ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
