The article is not the clearest! But if I were you, I'd be thinking this figurine looks remarkably like a BIRD GODDESS ...
28 August 2012 Last updated at 06:43 ET
A third 5,000-year-old hand-carved figurine has been
discovered during excavations on Orkney.
Archaeologists had previously unearthed two ancient figurines in 2009 and
2010 at the dig at Links of Noltland in Westray.
All three will go on display at the Westray Heritage Centre.
Alasdair McVicar, chair of the Westray Heritage Trust, said: "The discovery
of these figurines has really put Westray and the heritage centre on the
map."
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "There was understandable excitement
when the first figurine, believed to be the earliest artistic representation of
the human form ever found in the UK, was found in 2009.
"To now be able to say that two more examples have been uncovered is
unprecedented."
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