The man of Sanliurfa, Sanliurfa Archaeological Museum, Turkey

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The Urfa Statue is the oldest known, life sized statue have survived intact up to the present. It was found 1990. The area where it was found belongs to the Pre-pottery Neolithic. The monolith has its hands holding its genitals, in a position very similar to the moais of Easter Island and other sculptures of phallus veneration.

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Size: 3080px × 5472px
Location: Sanliurfa Turkey
Photo credit: © Diana Sanchez / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: archaelogical, archaelogy, archaeology, balikligol, city, culture, moais, museum, muzesi, neolithic, phallus, photography, pre-pottery, sanliurfa, statue, turkey, urfa, veneration