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Stele,lion,light-brown stone, H:33 cm From Algeria.
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Stele,lion,light-brown stone, H:33 cm From Algeria.

Stele,lion,light-brown stone, H:33 cm Side-view of 06-02-02/46 From Algeria
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Stele,lion,light-brown stone, H:33 cm Side-view of 06-02-02/46...

Neolithic skull,plastered over;eyes inlaid with ivory. Skulls of ancestors were probably preserved in plaster to be worshipped.
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Neolithic skull,plastered over;eyes inlaid with ivory. Skulls of ancestors were...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.The figures were decorated with black bitumen mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan, J 16.602
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.Female figure and two busts,decorated with bitumen,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983/85 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan.
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.One of two busts,decorated with bitumen-mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983/85 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan.
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.One of two busts,decorated with bitumen-mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983/85 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan.
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

Gallery of engraved stones in the Tumulus of Gavrinis that leads to a circular funeral chamber. The gallery is lined by 29 upright slabs and 9 roof slabs. 40th-30th BCE
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Gallery of engraved stones in the Tumulus of Gavrinis that leads t...