jean marc Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 On the tail is the picture of the Shigir sculpture...the eldest wooden sculpture uptonow discovered ... approximately 12,000 years old !! The Shigir Sculpture, or Shigir Idol (Russian: Шигирский идол), is the oldest known wooden sculpture in the world, made during the Mesolithic period, shortly after the end of the last Ice Age. The wood it was carved from is approximately 12,000 years old. It is displayed in the Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The sculpture was discovered on January 24, 1890 at a depth of 4 m (13 ft) in the peat bog of Shigir, on the eastern slope of the Middle Urals, near the village of Kalata (modern Kirovgrad) and approximately 100 km (62 mi) from Yekaterinburg. Investigations in this area had begun 40 years earlier, after the discovery of a variety of prehistoric objects in an open-cast gold mine. The sculpture is carved from larch. As identified from the annual rings, the tree was at least 159 years old when felled. Stone tools were used for carving the markings. The top portion is a head with a face with eyes, nose, and mouth. The body is flat and rectangular. Geometrical motifs decorate its surface, including zigzag lines and depictions of human faces and hands. another plane is encountered ... a poor smuggler leaving its airplane without any cleaning ! The Yak-18T is continuing to Siberia ... after a short landing for fuel, going north ... 12000 years ago people were living here and built the Shigir Idol ! Happy flights 🙂 Jean Marc (jim007 on flightsim.to ... jean marc being not allowed 🙂 ) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikbenik Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Great history-knowledge in line with some sublime screenshots. I would not be a passenger of the rusty plane on shot#9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Another one of your fantastic composed posts, Jean Marc! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Grand post indeed. cheers Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Nice shots and informative post.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 3 hours ago, ikbenik said: Great history-knowledge in line with some sublime screenshots. I would not be a passenger of the rusty plane on shot#9 thank you very much ! I've been very happy to discover this old scupture looking for russian art for this repaint 🙂 hum yes you need to be very optimistic if you are on a such "crappy" plane !!! 1 hour ago, Stillwater said: nother one of your fantastic composed posts, Jean Marc! very glad you liked Gerold ... NB : you could watch the great photos of this area by the following link https://russiatrek.org/blog/nature/putorana-plateau-the-mountains-with-flat-tops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Iain Emms said: Grand post indeed. cheers Iain thank you Iain. Central Asia is very interesting to fly over with the benefits of the Orbx mesh...hoping nextly others for any parts of the world 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 43 minutes ago, wain71 said: Nice shots and informative post.. many thanks Wayne 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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