The oldest pair of lovers in the world

The 11,000-year-old statue is believed to be the oldest work depicting lovers in a positional posture.

in stone calcite "Ain Sakhri lovers" are found in the cave of the same name near Bethlehem, Palestine, according to the Huffington Post. The 102-millimeter-high work dates from an estimated 9,000 BC.

The statue of "Ain Sakhri Lovers" is on display at the British Museum.(Photo: St Luke's Primary School).

According to the British Museum, which is exhibiting artifacts, an unknown person has picked up a stone floating along a small river that flows through Bethlehem, using his hand to sculpt the stone until it forms the lines of the two hugs. together.

British contemporary artist Marc Quinn is particularly interested in the work."For me, the incredible thing about this sculpture is that when you rotate the statue and observe it in different directions, it changes completely. Looking from one side, you see the hug of the two pictures. From the other side, it looks like a penis, and from the other side, it looks like a vagina, watching from the other side, it resembles the breast, the work seems to characterize intercourse behavior much angles, " Quinn said.

The statue originated from the cave southeast of Jerusalem. The statue's discoverer at a small museum in Palestine is French diplomat René Neuville. Researchers believe that the work was created in the cave of Natufian people , who specialize in growing and storing food. Quinn hypothesized that the abundance of food made many people with free time to create art.

Another possibility is that Natufian has achieved many achievements in breeding and breeding sheep and goats. They become more focused on maintaining the race. The statue is sometimes thought to depict reproduction, which can be inspired by breeding rituals.