Ain Sakhri figurine

Ain Sakhri figurine
Materialcalcite
Height10.2 cm
Createdc. 9000 BCE
Discoveredbefore 1933
in Ain Sakhri caves, Wadi Khareitoun near Bethlehem, Palestine
Present locationBritish Museum, London
Identification1958,1007.1

The Ain Sakhri figurine or Ain Sakhri Lovers is a Natufian sculpture that was found in one of the Ain Sakhri caves near Bethlehem. It is approximately 11,000 years old and thought to be the oldest known representation of two people engaged in sexual intercourse. It is held by the British Museum.

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