finely crafted clay head featuring an elongated skull, slanting eyes, and a flat nose." The figurine dates back to the Ubaid period of ancient Mesopotamia, which predated the Bronze Age.

Estimated to be more than 7,000 years old, the figurine takes the shape of a head with two slits for eyes and an elongated skull. While similar sculptures have been found across Mesopotamia ...

Ubaid figurines are sometimes called "lizard-headed ... Achieved by wrapping bandages around an infant's malleable skull, head-shaping could have been utilized by the Ubaids as a symbol of ...