The incredible Shigir Idol, a wooden wonder from the prehistoric world, was dated to approximately 11,600 years old in 2018. Now, a new study has pushed that date back a further 900 years. This means that the world’s oldest known wooden statue is more than twice as old as Stonehenge! Pinpointing the Astounding Age of the Shigir Idol The new study is published in Quaternary International and demonstrates that given the age of 12,500 years old, the haunting humanoid statue is also more than twice as old as the pyramids of Giza - a status made even more amazing by the fact that it is made of wood. The paper’s lead author, Thomas Terberger, an archaeologist at the Department of
