The ancient wooden sculpture in the world was even ancient than expected
The most ancient wooden sculpture in the world - the Ural Shigir Idol - was 1.5 thousand years older than previously considered, TASS reports. Natalya Vetrova, director of the Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, told about the results of the study of sculpture on Thursday, August 27, on August 27. "Based on the results of joint research of Russian and German scientists, the age of the Shigirsky idol is 11 thousand years. Thus, its age is about twice as many Egyptian pyramids.