1 day Ago By Harry Thompson, Gina Martinez
Archaeologists have made a startling discovery of a 7,000 year old figurine that eerily resembles an alien. The peculiar figure was found at a site in Kuwait known as Bahra 1 by a combined team of Kuwaiti and Polish researchers. They've been excavating one of the oldest settlements on the Arabian Peninsula, inhabited from around 5500 to 4900 BC.
The clay figure is described by the team as a "small, finely crafted head, with slanted eyes , a flat nose and an elongated skull." While such finds are common for the Neolithic Ubaid community, this is the first of its kind to be discovered in the Gulf region. 'Winged' Alien-like creatures who 'walked Earth 1,000 years ago' to be revealed for live testing US government considered plan to reverse-engineer alien technology but is 'not hiding UFOs' Prof.
Piotr Bieli ski, from the University of Warsaw's Mediterranean Archaeology centre, remarked: "The presence of this figurine at our site raises intriguing questions about its purpose and the symbolic, and perhaps ritual, meaning it may have had for the community inhabiting this settlement." Another significant discovery was the confirmation of local pottery production. Since the start of research at Bahra 1, two types of vessels have been found: imported pottery associated with the Ubaid culture and completely different pottery, known as Coarse Red Ware (CRW), also seen at other contemporary sites on the Arabian Peninsula, reports the Daily Star .
CRW pottery has long been considered a local product, but until now there has been no evidence as to the specific places of its production. The pivotal find was an unfired clay pot, which solidified Bahra 1's status as the oldest known site for pottery production in the Gulf region. DAILY NEWSLETTER: Sign up here to get the latest news and updates from the Mirror US straight to your inbox with our FREE newsletter.
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