Monday, November 3, 2014

The Venus of Willendorf

                                             The Venus Of Willendorf
 The Venus of Willendorf is a 4.25 inch high statuette of a female figure estimated to have been made between about 28,000 and 25,000 BCE . She is one of the earliest images of the body made by humankind . She was discovered on the banks of the Danube river , in Austria . She was the most likely mabe the hunter-gathers who lived in the area . She was also discovered by Josef Szombathy in 1908 . 
The Venus of Willendorf  is 24-26 kya . The Venus of Willendorf was made from limestone . They also may have served a ritual , symbolic , pornographic function . 
She got her name from a small town in Austria called Willendorf   , as for Venus the ancient roman goddess of love . The Venus of Willendorf is now the museum of Natural History of Vienna . Most prized possession worth $60 million .

1 comment:

  1. Muna, I asked that you not rely on Wikipedia.
    I can source these words to ;
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_figurines

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