2,000-year-old clay doll found in Osaka

A clay doll, estimated to be 2,000 years old, has just been found in Osaka and is interesting to Japanese archaeologists .

Accordingly, a clay doll estimated to belong to the Yayoi pottery period (circa 300 BC) was excavated and found in a fairly perfect structure at an archaeological site in Kori province, Osaka, Japan Heritage Center .

The archaeological group said, this ancient clay doll is one of the very rare dolls in intact, perfect state, it is a very beautiful, interesting and very charming doll.

During the excavation of the ruined archaeological site in Kori and Heka provinces, beginning in June 2016, recently, a group consisting of members of the Ibaraki Archaeological Education Board found a mound burying strange rectangles, and this clay doll is in it.

Close up of the doll shows, it is a doll made of clay, cylindrical material, estimated at 2000 years old, with deep eyes, high nose, clearly, dolls 5.9 cm high and 3cm wide and especially noticed that the ears of the doll are two parts of the low circular protruding jaws that look very strange.

In addition, there are 3 more ancient kuda dama cylinders made of jade stone are also found.

The archaeological team added that this clay doll was found in a comedy hole, 18m long, 12m wide, on a mound of about 220m2.

This incident was officially announced on January 29, 2017.