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This sculpture head from remains one of the most fascinating pieces coming from there so far.

The resemblance to one of "miniature masks" we uncovered at is remarkable.

What could this emphasised forehead mean? Hair, scarification, a tattoo? https://t.co/eC7Y7IVZNt

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2023-03-15

One of these stone from sticking more out due to the face's strongly emphasised forehead - A special hair or or even

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2022-10-01

Approximately 12.000 years old pillar iconography from Enclosure D in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of illustration by German archaeologist from .🦊

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2022-01-14

Hour 2, 3rd record, tomb of Ramses V-VI.#GöbekliTepe

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2021-12-16

Sometimes those illustrations go their own way (here's e.g. an earlier draft of above's reconstruction of processing at

That's the fun in discussing all this fascinating research with the colleagues - and adding new results on the go.

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2021-12-04

Also worth noting the of depictions here:

The vital large animal with aggressively lowered head and horns vs. the slain game - legs bent, tongue sticking out (here some more examples from

https://t.co/6y9q074oyf

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2021-10-11