Eye idol, Basalt Tell Brak, Mesopotamia 4th millennium B.C. Probaby used as a votive to "pray" to the gods, when the worshiper was not able to; they were symbolic of "looking out" for worshipers, protecting them, as a stand in.

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oermoeder uit Hamangia cultuur, Roemenie, 5000 BC

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Marble figures. Cycladic art, ancient Greece The first room of the Museum of Cycladic Art is. All findings are from the Neolithic of the Bronze Age, the dominant are these marble figures Islands Paros, Naxos, predominantly female. With simple, clean lines created the forms of female divinity of the culture of the Bronze Age.

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Kostenki Venus. The head covering, hanging breasts, and pregnant belly are so common and enduring. The more I look the more of these show up online. They seem to outnumber all other sculptures many times over. Hugely important but a complete mystery.

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Hittite, İdol, Kültepe, 2100 BC (Erdinç Bakla archive)

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