Mysterious Wooden Shigir Idol with Encrypted Message is 11,000 old.

Yanked from a bog in eastern Russia more than 100 years ago, a wooden statue was revealed to be more than 11,000 years old, that's twice as old as Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza, three times older than the ancient city of Babylon, and five times as old as Al Khazneh, the most famous of the ruins in the ancient city of Petra. The carbon dating carried out by scientists in Mannheim, Germany is likely to redefine history.

Called the Shigir Idol, the statue was found in the Urals in western Siberia in the late nineteenth century, with the bog preserving the carving. The artifact was originally thought to stand seventeen feet high, but currently is nine feet in length. Scientists have determined that the idol was carved from a larch tree that was 157 years old when felled by stone tools.

The statue is currently on display at the Sverdlovsk History Museum in Yekateringburg, Russia. An expert for the museum said: "The first attempt to date the idol was made in 1997, which was 107 years after it was found. This first attempt dated the idol at 9,500 calendar years old, which led to many disputes among mainstream scientists who did not believe it could be that old.

To confirm the statues age, seven minuscule samples of wood were sent to Germany for analysis by accelerated mass spectrometry, which revealed that the Shigir Idol is 1,500 years older than previously thought, or 11,000 years old, making it the oldest known wooden sculpture in the world.  The idol depicts a face on top and a series of strange inscriptions, possibly ancient coding about the universe, according to experts. The inscription is a series of lines, squiggles and other marks along the nine foot length that no one can decipher. There are several other faces carved along its length. The following photos is of sketches made by archaeologist Vladimir Tolmachev more than a century ago.

Some theories are that straight lines represent land, horizontal lines are the boundary between heaven and earth, while wavy lines could mean water, snake or even a lizard, and a zigzag could indicate danger.  While scientists have never been to crack the mysterious patterns, some believe it could be the oldest form or writing or code on the planet. 

The Encyclopedia of Stone Age Art called the idol one of the greatest sculptures of the late Stone Age. The Encyclopedia states that the pattern may be a map, or that it might be an early prototype of a totem pole, popularized by North American Indians who are also thought to have originated in Siberia. Whatever it is or says, it's still a mystery to modern man.

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