Mysterious Russian Statue Is 11,000 Years Old – Twice as Old as the Pyramids

This article has very little information. The Wikipedia article has more information <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Shigir_Idol" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Shigir_Idol</a> but the Russian article is more complete (autotranslation) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;translate.google.com&#x2F;translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fru.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F%25D0%25A8%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B8%25D1%2580%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B4%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BB&amp;edit-text=&amp;act=url" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;translate.google.com&#x2F;translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;pr...</a><p>In the photos of Wikipedia, it doesn&#x27;t look like an encrypted message or language, it looks like a decoration, but IANAA.

<i>&quot;Even more mysteriously, it is covered in what experts describe as ‘encrypted code’ - a message from a lost civilisation.&quot;</i><p>Why should we believe that it&#x27;s an &quot;encrypted code&quot; rather than just a long-forgotten language that we don&#x27;t understand?