An 8-year-old girl discovered a Stone Age dagger while playing in the backyard of her school in Norway.. According to Live Science, the dagger was made approximately 3,700 years ago..

In a school statement, the girl is simply called Alice, she said she was about to pick up a piece of glass when she found a piece of stone.. She showed the stone to teacher Karen Dranj, who commented that the stone looked ancient.. She contacted the Westland County Council, and county archaeologists examined the artifact..

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The length of the dagger is approximately 12 centimeters. According to archaeologist Louise Bjerre Petersen, it is a rare find.. The flint from which the artifact was made is not found in Norway, so it is likely that the dagger came via the North Sea from Denmark.. Similar daggers are often found in locations associated with sacrifices..

Archaeologists have searched the school yard for other artifacts, but have not been able to find anything related to the Stone Age..

Based on the style, the dagger probably dates back to the New Stone Age or Neolithic, a time when prehistoric people made stone tools and began to domesticate plants and animals, build permanent villages, and develop handicrafts..

In Norway, the Stone Age, which includes the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic, lasted from 10,000 to 1800 BC.. About 2400 g. BC. several hunter-gatherers permanently settled on farms.

Previously, scientists talked about what happened to the bodies of the inhabitants of Herculaneum, who died as a result of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius about 2000 years ago. According to the researchers, the bodies literally evaporated under the influence of hot gas and particles..