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In May 2000, the artifact was damaged while it was on loan to the Museum of
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thought to have been carved c. 1500 B.C.E. Other similar stones excavated depict humans, birds, or other animals. Scientists are unsure exactly which animal this sculpture is meant to represent, but some believe it may represent a now extinct
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