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Some the oldest known masks in the world, stone, found near Jerusalem, ~7000 BCE

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Some the oldest known masks in the world, stone, found near Jerusalem, ~7000 BCE

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Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

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https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/weird-news/2014/03/12/stone-masks-oldest-in-world/23782093007/
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  Got a link with info about how the masks were dated?
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    I believe they were dated by the archeological context in which they were found, ie that they were found as part of a neolithic era site.

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