11,000-Year-Old Statue Discovered in Turkey Reveals Mysterious Man Mounted on a Ferocious Leopard—What Secrets Does It Hold?
Karul has said that Neolithic people understood themselves as being more of a part of the animal world than later human societies did. That partially explains the power dynamic that comes from the depiction of humans carrying leopards on their backs — humans were not necessarily the beings in that relationship that would do the “riding.”
Because there are no written texts from these Neolithic communities, however, researchers must base their interpretations off of the artifacts alone. Some researchers have proposed that leopards symbolize guardianship or transformation, but these hypotheses are necessarily speculative.
For now, the story that the carvers of this prehistoric statue intended to tell will remain largely shrouded in mystery.
After reading about the 11,000-year-old statue of a man riding a leopard that was found in Turkey, take a look at this Roman-era mosaic depicting a river god, also uncovered in Turkey. Then, dive into the story of Turkey’s most famous Neolithic ruins, Göbekli Tepe.
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