Tiny Carved Animals Found in Turkey Tell Story of Prehistoric Myth Making

Animal figurines unearthed in Turkiye reveal prehistoric myth-making

ISTANBUL: Archaeologists in southeastern Turkiye have unearthed a set of carved stone animals — a fox, a vulture and a wild boar — that is offering new insights into how prehistoric...

Stone animal figurines show prehistoric storytelling in Türkiye

A set of carved stone animals – a fox, a vulture and a wild boar – is shedding light on the way prehistoric people told stories after being unearthed...

11,500-year-old carved animals unearthed in Turkey shed light on prehistoric storytelling

The figurines, each one about 3.5cm tall, date back some 11,500 years. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tiny carved animals found in Turkey tell story of prehistoric myth making

By Ceyda Caglayan and Ali KucukgocmenISTANBUL (Reuters) -A set of carved stone animals - a fox, a vulture and a wild boar - is shedding light on the way prehistoric people told stories after being unearthed by archaeologists in southeastern Turkey.Dating back some 11,500 years, the trio of figurines found at the Karahantepe archaeological site is the first known example of objects being arranged in a specific way to convey a narrative, archaeolo…

Stone Beasts Reveal Prehistoric Storytelling at Karahantepe

Sculptures discovered in Karahan Tepe featured in Golden Age of Archaeology Exhibition in AnkaraREUTERS Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have uncovered an extraordinary set of 11,500-year-old carved stone figurines—a fox, a vulture, and a wild boar—shedding new light on the origins of human storytelling.The discovery was made at Karahantepe, one of the world’s oldest Neolithic settlements, and is now showcased in Ankara’s Golden Age of Arch…