Stunning carvings of human figures and heads are uncovered at Karahantepe - one of the important settlements of the Neolithic period - revealing the artistic skills of people who lived in Turkey 11,000 years ago
- Carvings of human figures and heads have been uncovered at an important settlement of Neolithic period
- The discovery at Karahantepe in Turkey reveals the artistic skills of people who lived there 11,000 years ago
- So far more than 250 T-shaped megaliths featuring animal depictions have been found at the excavation site
- Digging at the site first began in 2019 and has also led to the discovery of a building with a diameter of 75ft
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Stunning carvings of human figures and heads (pictured) have been uncovered at what is considered to be one of the most important settlements of the Neolithic period
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The discovery at Karahantepe, in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, reveals the artistic skills of people who lived there 11,000 years ago
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So far more than 250 T-shaped megaliths featuring animal depictions have been found, along with a number of three-dimensional human sculptures
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Among them are many 3D sculptures and human depictions, including those of human heads (pictured), archaeologists said
Digging at the site first began in 2019 and has also led to the discovery of a building with a diameter of 75ft (23 metres), a large part of which is carved into the bedrock and reaches a depth of 18ft (5.5 metres).
This suggests it was built with the help of many people, archaeologists said.
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