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  • Archaeologists Have Discovered One of the World’s Oldest Pieces of Narrative Art, and It’s NSFW

    12/09/2022 8:06:06 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 35 replies
    Artnet ^ | December 8, 2022 | unattributed
    The 11,000-year-old carving was found among the remains of a Neolithic structure in southeastern Turkey.Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered one of the world’s oldest known works of narrative art—and at the center of it is a man clutching his penis.The 12-foot-long carved panel, which forms a bench, was found last year during the excavation of the remains of a Neolithic communal structure at the archaeological site of Sayburç in southeastern Turkey. Details of the discovery were shared this week in a paper published in the latest edition of the peer-reviewed journal Antiquity.The piece, which is believed to be 11,000 years...