The Stargazer: A 5,000-year-old marble figurine of a Stone Age woman gazing skyward
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Kristina Killgrove
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A brief overview of "The Stargazer," a 5,000-year-old marble figurine from Kırşehir, Turkey, depicting a Stone Age woman looking skyward. Carved around 3000 B.C., only a handful of these sleek marble statuettes are known to exist. The piece is held by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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bskyThe Stargazer: A 5,000-year-old marble figurine of a Stone Age woman gazing skywardlivescience.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledThe Stargazer figurine was carved from marble around 5,000 years ago.
Only a handful of these small, sleek, marble figurines carved by enigmatic Stone Age people are known to exist.
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