Mysterious alien-like statue is unearthed from a 7,000-year-old Stone Age settlement in Kuwait - and archaeologists say it's a 'total surprise'
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Archaeologists have unearthed a 7,000-year-old figurine that looks like an alien. Researchers discovered the unusual form while digging at a site in Kuwait called Bahra 1. They described the clay figure as a 'small, finely crafted head, with slanted eyes, a flat nose and an elongated skull'.
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It somewhat resembles an alien, or even the Sorting Hat from the Harry Potter franchise. While it might look strange, this style was actually common in ancient Meopotamia, although this marks the first time one has been found in Kuwait or the Arabian Gulf.
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The archaeologists who discovered it described the find as a 'total surprise'. '[The] discovery of the figurine was a total surprise for the whole team,' Agnieszka Szymczak, an expedition leader, told Live Science. 'It was the first such find not just among the over 1.5k [1,500] small finds excavated from the Bahra 1 site but also from the Arabian Gulf region.'.
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Archaeologists have unearthed a 7,000-year-old figurine that looks like an alien. Researchers discovered the unusual form while digging at a site in Kuwait called Bahra 1. They described the clay figure as a 'small, finely crafted head, with slanted eyes, a flat nose and an elongated skull'.
The joint Kuwaiti-Polish team have been excavating one of the Arabian Peninsula's oldest settlements, with occupation lasting from around 5500 to 4900 B.C. The researchers say although the find is typical of figurines from the Neolithic Ubaid community, it is the first of its kind discovered in the Gulf region.
