“It is the only known illustration of a human figure to be carved into a meteorite, which means we have nothing to compare it to when assessing value.”
okay, someone get me a meteorite, i’ll carve a self-portrait and then we’ll have something to compare it to.
FYI: mine will likely be no where as interesting as this.
Ancient Buddha Carved from Meteorite
German scientists have discovered an ancient Buddhist statue with extraterrestrial origin.
A hefty Buddha statue brought to Europe by the Nazis was carved from a meteorite that fell 15,000 years ago along the Siberia-Mongolia border.
According to Buchner, the statue was likely carved about 1,000 years ago by the pre-Buddhist Bon culture of the 11th century. However, the exact origin and age of the statue remains unknown.
