Adam of Macedonia

Adam of Macedonia

Adam of Macedonia, sometimes referred to as Adam of Govrlevo, is a Neolithic sculpture found by archaeologist Milos Bilbija of the Skopje City Museum. More than 6.000 years old, it is the oldest artefact found in the Republic of Macedonia and among the oldest in the world. At the world archaeological symposium in Croatia in 2002, archaeologists declared the sculpture one of the world's ten most important archaeological finds. It dates from between the 4th and 3rd millennia BC. The sculpture represents a male body sitting and shows remarkable details in the spine, ribs and navel, and erecrt phallus.

See also

* Cerje
* Kokino
* Stobi
* Heraclea Lyncestis
* Scupi


=External links=
* [http://www.macedonia.co.uk/client/index.aspx?type=2&news=1818 Re-branding of "Adam of Govrlevo" to "Adam of Macedonia"]
* [http://www.culture.in.mk/story.asp?id=9130 Radio-isotopic Age Examination of Adam in Kill, Germany]
* [http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rbangs/ms/macedonia/d2_photogallery_v2.swf Richard Bangs Photo Gallery of Adam and Govrlevo region]


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