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Archaeology · TurkeyTurkey has announced the discovery of a human statue at the 12,000-year-old archaeological site of Gobekli Tepe, a site widely regarded as the world’s oldest known temple complex. The statue, believed to date back more than 12,000 years, was reportedly found embedded in a wall between two of the site’s monumental enclosures, known as Structures B and D, during restoration work on nearby Structure C. Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet…See the Story
’12,000-Year-Old’ Human Statue Found at Turkey’s Gobekli Tepe
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Archaeology · MosulThe main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the ancient Uruk king is a likely candidate to have been the biblical king Nimrod. Credits: Kadumago, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Archaeologists in Iraq have uncovered what they say is the largest Assyrian winged bull ever recorded, a monumental sculpture nearly six meters tall that could redefine the scale of Mesopotamian art. The lamassu, a hybrid creature with the body of a bull, the wings of…See the Story
Massive Assyrian Winged Bull Unearthed in Iraq, Largest Ever Found
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