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Venus of Willendorf, Willendorf in der Wachau

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The Venus of Willendorf is an 11.1-centimetre-tall (4.4 in) Venus figurine estimated to have been made around 25,000-30,000 years ago. It was found on August 7, 1908, by a workman named Johann Veran or Josef Veram during excavations conducted by archaeologists Josef Szombathy, Hugo Obermaier, and Josef Bayer at a Paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria. It is carved from an oolitic limestone that is not local to the area, and tinted with red ochre. The figurine is now in the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria.

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By 332pamelaf

As we cycled the Danube Bike Trail, we stopped in Willendorf to see the Venus of Willendorf statue (a replica actually, apparently larger than the original). It was a good stop for a number of...

As we cycled the Danube Bike Trail, we stopped in Willendorf to see the Venus of Willendorf statue (a replica actually, apparently larger than the original). It was a good stop for a number of... more »
By dicasdeviena

This Lady looks very good for her 29.000 !!! Year, actually the origianl is a smaller version and it is at the Museum in Vienna but great to see that place that she was found

This Lady looks very good for her 29.000 !!! Year, actually the origianl is a smaller version and it is at the Museum in Vienna but great to see that place that she was found more »

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