Russian Statue Discovered to be 11,000-years-old..

[Rockhopper]

Thousands of years before the ancient Egyptians quarried even the first block of granite for the great pyramids, a massive wooden totem nearly 17.5 feet tall fell into a peat bog in the western fringes of Siberia, Russia. There it lay, preserved in a kind of natural time capsule, until it was discovered in 1894.

Called the Big Shigir Idol, the mysterious statue has baffled researchers for decades due to the coded hieroglyphics covering its surface. While some have surmised that it may contain stories about the creation of the world by ancient man, others believe it to be nothing more than decoration. One thing we do know for sure: This thing is old — really, really, old.

Back in 1997, an initial analysis using radiocarbon dating placed the Shigir Idol's age at roughly 9,500 years. A new analysis this year using seven small wooden samples from the Idol placed inside an accelerated mass spectrometer determined it to be 11,000 years old. That's more than twice the age of the Egyptian pyramids or Stonehenge.

Spurce.

Tim.

[Agartha]

I wonder what the carvings mean...... some people believe the carvings to show DNA patterns, but I haven't seen a clear picture of that so I am skeptical...

[Kaere]

Sure is neat looking. The face reminds me of a mask that was found, ummm... cripes, now I won't remember at all *off to google it*

[Agartha]

lol

[Kaere]

I know, right? I frustrate myself so much But anyway, I found it. I was thinking both of the Mask of Agamemnon and the Helmet/Mask from Sutton Hoo in the UK... they're not really similar after all so perhaps it was just the masklike look to it that made me think so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_of_Agamemnon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo

Anyway! Back to the subject at hand... this is AMAZING!

[Lenzabi]

Well, it has been that they drew the markings and seem to be working to figure them out

[Kaere]

I can't tell if the circled areas are meant to be stylized faces or a jigsaw puzzle type joinery

[Agartha]

And I don't see any DNA segments there!!

[Rockhopper]

I suspect that the markings have some sort of religious significance to the people who created the statue.

Tim.

[Kaere]

Yup, could be. Or maybe it's counting, some way of keeping track of time? The symbols could represent different groups of the same tribe that live spread out from each other (a primitive union flag?)... a territorial boundary marker? A warning against sickness or pestilence?

...the imagination boggles

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