Karahantepe, excavated since 2019, belongs to the network of Neolithic sites identified around the hill of Göbekli Tepe, considered to be the 'capital' of this complex visible from all the other settlements studied by the Tas Tepe (Stone Hills) project.
On this site overlooking Mesopotamia, studied since 1997, archaeologists found a polychrome boar measuring 1.20 m long and 70 cm high. With red eyes and teeth and a black-and-white body, this 11,000-year-old wild pig is "the first coloured sculpture from this period to have been discovered to date", according to the statement by the team of archaeologists led by Professor Karul.
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