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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

People's Daily Online -- Neolithic human, animal figures unearthed in southeastern Turkey

"Neolithic human, animal figures unearthed in southeastern Turkey
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Archeologists have unearthed some human and animal figures on obelisks belonging to the Neolithic period in Turkey's southeastern province of Sanliurfa, the semi- official Anatolia news agency reported on Monday.

Some human figures without heads as well as reliefs of vultures, scorpions, snakes and wild birds on obelisks have been unearthed in Gobeklitepe in Sanliurfa, Dr. Klaus Schmidt, head of the excavations and an official of Berlin Archeology Institute (DAI), was quoted as saying."

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