Wednesday, December 02, 2009

The 'Thinker' and Female Figurine, Cernavodă, 5000-4600 BC


How far has art come?
These beautiful figurines were sculpted 7000 years ago!
Stunning.

The 'Thinker' and Female Figurine. Fired Clay, Hamangia, Cernavodă, 5000-4600 BC. National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest: 15906, 15907. Photo: Marius Amarie.

From a NYTimes slideshow, Artifacts from Old Europe, included in an article entitled, 'A Lost European Culture, Pulled From Obscurity,' by John Noble Wilford.


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