A mysterious wooden statue covered in undeciphered markings is 11,000 years old, according to new tests -- or 1,500 years older than previously believed. That makes the Shigir Idol the oldest known wooden sculpture in the world, the Siberian Times reported. The idol is more than twice as old as the Great Pyramid of Giza, three times older than the ancient city of Babylon, and five times as old as Al Khazneh, the most famous of the ruins in the ancient city of Petra. Revelations on Shigir Idol 'change our understanding of ancient civilizations' http://t.co/MAMVftGw3o pic.twitter.com/mEIFYcEhj6— Siberian Times (@siberian_times) August 27, 2015 Radiocarbon dating conducted in 1997 gave the statue an age of 9,500 years old, but the results were controversial. To confirm the statue's age, seven "minuscule" samples of wood were sent to Germany for analysis by accelerated mass spectrometry, the Siberian Times reported.
Mysterious Wooden Shigir Idol With 'encrypted Message' Is 11,000 Years Old, New Tests Reveal
Ed Mazza, Huffington Post
Mon, 08/31/2015 - 2:21am
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