Stone Age female statue unearthed

ANSA News in English ^ | 9/11/2006 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

The 7,000-year-old stone statuette, discovered during excavations of a burial site near the northern Italian city of Parma, is over 20 centimetres tall, the archaeological monthly Archeo reported. It depicts a woman with an oval face, slit eyes, a prominent nose and long hair. Her arms are bent at her elbows, sticking out at right-angles to her body... Her back is perfectly vertical, leading experts to conclude that she was probably originally carved to sit on a some kind of throne or support made of a material that has disintegrated over the centuries, such as wood. The figure was unearthed in a tomb that is part of a larger Neolithic burial site outside Vicofertile, a town around 10km southwest of Parma. The grave, which belonged to a middle-aged women, contained a number of pottery bowls in addition to the statuette, which was placed in front of the deceased's head on top of her raised left arm... Neither the containers nor the statuette in the grave were properly fired, suggesting the items were not in everyday use prior to the burial.

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[Publius6961]

Hey!

I dated her once...

[SunkenCiv]

:') I've heard the researchers have dated her too. ;')

[Sloth]

I can't make diddly-squat out of that photograph.

[mikrofon]

After further cleanup:

[brooklyn dave]

Tell me! It looks just like Madonna!

[madison10]

They know this is a female because...? I don't even see bumps. ;)

[wildbill]

Hmmmm. Slit eyes? Arms akimbo as though straining? Seated on a throne?

Sounds like the lady needed exlax to me!

[martin_fierro]

It depicts a woman with an oval face, slit eyes, a prominent nose and long hair.

[Toby06]

Stone porn.

[blam]

She must have wandered away from the neolithic party and became lost.

Digs Unearths evidence of Neolithic Partying

[Dustbunny]

ROFLOL

[Dustbunny]

Wow, they deduced all that from this much of the dig. Amazing !!

[Pharmboy]

Martin, you are on your game. Excellent.

[Fred Nerks]

there's something vaguely egyptian about it...

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

WILMA!

[ahayes]

Too bad they couldn't give a better picture.

[MikeD]

The real test -- does Bill Clinton find it attractive?

[SunkenCiv]

I can't make diddly-squat out of that photograph.

That's because it's a photograph of Diddle E. Squat, the excavator of the site.