These are called 'stone babas'. The only other label says this stone work comes from the paleolith. I take that to mean that this stone work is from the paleolithic age. I am presuming that they are from the Trypilian culture. The Trypilian culture were in the Ukraine before the pyramids in Egypt were even built. It is one of the oldest civilizations on earth.

The pitted looking stone has shell fossils in it.

Two views of the countryside around the museum.

I had a "this is why I teach" moment today.
Today awards were given to students. Each teacher was required to give at least two awards. I thought the whole process was stupid; being told we had to give two awards whether we liked it or not. After the fact I felt better. One student who received three awards later said in my class that he had never experienced people applauding for him before. I was very happy that he was able to experience that. In my class he gets picked on a lot yet it doesn't seem to bother him. He is a very nice young man whose culture has very different views on some things from what we are used to. He has worked hard to learn English. The applause he got seemed to be more than most of the other students got. He was very pleased and proud.

This seems to be the latest in stilts. They were very awesome!!! There were two guys wearing them on Khreschatyk passing out fliers. They look straight out of Star Wars!
I spent a second day at Kyiv days. Suzanne went with me. We are the Kyiv fashion police. It is an over whelming job but SOMEONE has to do it!!! Our work is never done!

This is St. Andrei's Church down on Andreyevsky.
Another beautiful day for taking pictures of it. We climbed the steps up to the church and took pictures of the street with all the vendors and the crowds. These pictures show about a third of the street and vendors.
I got home just in time to miss a second down pour.

More views of Andreyesky Street