A wooden statue discovered in Russia in 1890 is more ancient than previously thought, making it twice as old as Stonehenge, researchers claim. The Shigir Idol was first discovered by Russian gold miners who stumbled upon the large object in the Shigir peat bog 62 miles north of Yekaterinburg. Radiocarbon dating from the 1990s placed the idol at 9,750 years old, but researchers have since re-dated it, finding it is about 12,100 years old. This makes it always twice as old as Stonehenge in the UK, which had been dated back about 5,000 years. It's more than twice as old as Egypt's famous pyramids, yet remarkably, much of the wooden sculpture has survived the years.

Source: Daily Mail March 24, 2021 08:31 UTC