A human face carved at a T-pillar at Sayburç mirrors other Taş Tepeler discoveries. Human remains found in enclosure niches, alongside carved relief sculptures—these sites are becoming some of the most important in the region. 🗿
Human face carving and bones found at Sayburç
Key facts
- A T-pillar was found with a human head/face carved at its base
- The carving is similar in style to other discoveries in the Taş Tepeler region
- Human bones were found in a niche inside enclosures
- Carvings were found on tops of T-pillars
- Sayburç is becoming one of the most important sites in the Taş Tepeler region
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Sources
Human face carved on pillar base discovered at Sayburc sheds new ...turkiyetoday.com
Human face carved on pillar base discovered at Sayburc sheds new light on Tas Tepeler rituals · Neolithic heartland where settled life began.
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Discovery of 11000-year-old carved face in Turkey offers new insight ...theartnewspaper.com
It is the first finding of a human face on a T-shaped pillar—a type of monolith found en masse within a constellation of prehistoric ...
A Human Face Was Carved Into This Stone Pillar in Turkey 11,000 ...smithsonianmag.com
The T-shaped pillar is the first with a face to be found in the Stone Age archaeological sites of Turkey's Taş Tepeler.
A Human Face Emerges From the Stones of Sayburçadeptexpeditions.com
A new discovery at Sayburç reveals a human face carved into the base of a standing stone, alongside human skulls and bones in ritual niches.
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