An enigmatic wooden idol that has puzzled archaeologists since it was unearthed in a Siberian bog 125 years ago revealed a little more about itself last week.

New carbon dating has indicated that the 9-foot-tall sculpture is much older than previously thought, though there are still no clues to decode its mysterious markings.

The statue, known as the Shigir Idol, already had the distinction of being the oldest wooden structure in the world. The idol, which dates to 11,000 BC, is more than three times as old as the Pyramids, from 3,000 BC, or Stonehenge, from 2600 BC.