Shigir Idol
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The Shigir Sculpture, or Shigir Idol, is the oldest known wooden sculpture. It is estimated to have been carved c. 11,500 years ago, or during the early Holocene period, and is twice as old as Egypt's
The sculpture as displayed in the Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore
The "small" Shigir Idol.
Some of the lower faces on the sculpture are visible in this image
Göbekli Tepe
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Göbekli Tepe is a Neolithic archaeological site in Upper Mesopotamia in modern-day Turkey. The settlement was inhabited from around 9500 BCE to at least 8000 BCE, during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. It
Shigir Idol
…not to enter a dangerous area. Scholars noted that the Shigir Idol's decoration was similar to that of the oldest known monumental stone ruins, at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey. The ornamentation on the sculpture was carved using three different sizes of chisels. In addition, following his 2014 examination of the…
Main excavation area
Present day landscape around Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe human statue. Urfa Museum
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