Archaeologists in south-east Turkey have made an extraordinary find—a prehistoric stone face that might turn everything we believe about the origins of art and self-awareness on its head. In the early ...

1. Introduction. 1.1. Historical background : the ancient Near East in the Late Bronze Age -- 2. Identity as a theoretical framework in the study of ancient art. 2.1. Is identity a valid tool for ...

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Ancient stone carvings have long captured the imagination of historians and enthusiasts alike, with some suggesting these artworks depict aircraft-like machines. The presence of such carvings in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in Turkey have found a 12,000-year-old stone pillar with a carved human face—the oldest known example of ...