DAMASCUS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Around 1,200 pieces of flint stones dating back to 250,000 years ago were unearthed at al- Sharar Valley in the southern Syrian governorate Daraa, the official SANA news agency reported on Wednesday.
The pieces were discovered by the expedition of Damascus University in cooperation with the directorate of antiquities and museums in the governorate.
Ahmad Diab, head of the expedition, said the findings prove that the area is one of the most important and old-inhabited places in Syria where dozens of caves and grottos are found, the report said.
The expedition also discovered a set of stone tools belonging to many pre-historic phases, especially the Paleolithic age, in addition to a number of pieces dating back to the Neolithic age, indicating that there is scarcity in the findings which date back to the Paleolithic era.
