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Shigir Idol Carved

The world's oldest known wooden sculpture, likely a ritual marker or totem pole, indicates sophisticated artistic and ceremonial practices among early hunter-gatherers.

When9500 BCE
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The Shigir Sculpture, or Shigir Idol, is the oldest known wooden sculpture. It is estimated to have been carved c. 11,500 years ago, or during the early Holocene period, and is twice as old as Egypt's Great Pyramid. The wood it was carved from is approximately 12,000 years old.

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