In a highland area called Tas Tepeler (in English: Stone Hill) in the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey, archaeologists have made a surprising find: an approximately 10,500-year-old stone statue of a man holding his penis in both hands (pictured above) .
The famous Tas Tepeler site is already home to numerous archaeological finds. Visitors to one of the oldest known settlements on earth in Turkey will soon be greeted by the 2.3 meter high statue of the man holding a phallus with both hands. It is one of the oldest three-dimensional human statues in the world, says Necmi Karul, head of the Department of Prehistory at Istanbul University.
The image of a man sitting on a stone bench, apparently holding his penis with both hands, dates back to 8500 BC, according to researchers. According to Karul, it points to a Neolithic society that was even more cultured than previously thought.
Region is known for its monoliths
The region in southeastern Turkey is already known for the Göbeklitepe monoliths. The iconic T-shaped obelisks from the Neolithic period predate Stonehenge in England by thousands of years. Göbeklitepe is considered one of the oldest temple sites in the world and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018.
Karul’s team is planning its first international exhibition of finds from Tas Tepeler, including bones, stone pots and hunting traps, at Berlin’s Pergamon Museum, which will soon be completely closed for around four years for renovation work.
Similar prehistoric works of art have already been found in Turkey. This includes a 40 centimeter high figure of a man with an erection that was discovered in Göbekli Tepe.
Source: Krone
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