Carved panels and archeological findings dating back to the beginning of the agricultural revolution in the 10th Millennium B.C. were unearthed at Tel al-Abar 3 site, left bank of the Euphrates River.
According to the head of the national archeological mission working at the site Thayer Yerta, the panels are made from chloritis (green precious stone) with different engravings and figures.
He added that "one of these panels portrayed an eagle with wings spread wide and snake-form sculptures on the two sides. Another panel has an abstract sculpture of three eagle sculptures spreading their wings behind which the sun appears."
A building with decorated terrace was also uncovered inside a hole at a depth of 130 cm and a diameter of 750 cm.
The findings help shed light on two major practices of ancient people which are farming and fishing. They also provided us with a hint about the way of life those people used to have as well as their social and economic life.
A chlorite vessel of a bull was among the findings as well as a vessel for a man without head in squat position and hands spread wide holding a spear in his right hand.
A stone panel of two parts was discovered. There is a spike sculpture surrounded by two hands on the upper part while the lower contains a sculpture for a bull head with a snake beside it.
Yerta said that the sculptures on the panel indicate the first agricultural activity for inhabitants lived on the banks of Euphrates River.
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