Urfa Man
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The Urfa man, also known as the Balıklıgöl statue, is an ancient human shaped statue found during excavations in Balıklıgöl near Urfa, in the geographical area of Upper Mesopotamia, in the southeast o
Urfa man in the Şanlıurfa Museum
Another view of the statue
Urfa man portrait, with obsidian stones in the eye sockets
Urfa man detail
Ayn Ghazal statues
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The ʿAin Ghazal statues are large-scale lime plaster and reed statues discovered at the archaeological site of ʿAin Ghazal in Amman, Jordan, dating back to approximately 9,000 years ago, from the Pre-
Urfa Man
…realistic Venus of Brassempouy. Slightly later than the Urfa Man, Pre-Pottery Neolithic C, anthropomorphic statues are known from the Levant, such as the Ayn Ghazal statues. In 2023, it was announced that excavations carried out at Karahan Tepe have turned up a similar human statue that dates back to around 9400 BC. Art…
Ain Ghazal statue
Statues at the Amman Citadel
Closeup of one of the bicephalous statues
ʿAin Ghazal statue at the Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman