This particular ancient artifact has puzzled scientists for many years.
7000 year old granite statue.
The arabic name mustatils means rectangle.
It is unknown where it originally came from and what ancient civilization created it though researchers suspect it originates from the northern greek regions of thessaly or.
Experts from brno s masaryk university confirmed the unique character of the statue uncovered in masovice south moravia area of the czech.
Unique neolithic statue carved from granite.
A 7 000 year old bird like statue which has puzzled greek archaeologists for many years has gone on rare display at the national archaeological museum in athens.
7 000 year old statue discovered in moravia.
The enigmatic statuettes were discovered at the archaeological site of al ubaid.
The statue stands 36 centimeters 14 inches tall and is carved out of a single piece of granite an unusual choice of material given the tools and technology available at the time.
It is the latest item to be presented under the title the unseen museum a reference to the roughly 200 000 antiquities from statues to gold jewellery.
The 7 000 year old enigma as it has been dubbed by the national archaeological museum has been put on display until march 26 after being brought from the museum s storerooms.
Thousands of years before the egyptian pyramids stonehenge and the maltese temples were built people of arabia constructed the mustatils.
The 7 000 year old enigma as they have labeled it is now on display at the national archaeological museum of athens where it can be seen until the 26th of march.
The granite tramway only last for just under 40 years closing in due to the availability of cheaper cornish granite.
The 7 000 year old enigma as it has been dubbed by the national archaeological museum has been put on display until march 26 after being brought from the museum s storerooms.
But the unique tramway as the rails were cut out of freely available granite.
It s bird like statue that has been labeled a 7 000 year old enigma by archaeologists.
The enigmatic 7 000 year old statuettes discovered by scientists in mesopotamia show an odd resemblance to modern day depictions of reptilian humanoids and some have even suggested the worship of the reptilian gods is strictly connected to the ancient anunnaki.
Researchers estimate the statue to be close to 7000 years old.