with geometric motifs and several human faces carved into it. The date makes the idol "the world's earliest wooden monumental sculpture," a team of researchers led by Thomas Terberger, an ...

It lasted until about AD 300. The sculpture "can be dated to the Fifth Dynasty by details of the hair and particularly the face," he says. "This type of statue only starts in the Fourth Dynasty." ...

Japanese artist Nobumichi Asai has created a new work that involves projecting his designs onto a human face. Using computer technology Asai was able to map the model's face and create a three ...