Photo: Margulan Institute of Archaeology
A mysterious stone face found carved into a boulder in Kazakhstan has left archaeologists scratching their heads as they are uncertain as to its origin, but believe it could be thousands of years old. According to a local media report, the suspected ancient visage was discovered earlier this month by workers from the country's Department of Emergency Situations as they were surveying the Akmola Region. Archaeologists were subsequently alerted to the remarkable find, which measures approximately 10 inches long and 8 inches wide, and set about studying the face in the hopes of determining when it was carved onto the rock and, perhaps more importantly, why.
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