Venus of Moravany

Venus[1] of Moravany is a small female figurine found by the village of Moravany nad Váhom, Slovakia, in 1938.

It is made of mammoth ivory and is dated to 22,800 BC, which places it in the upper Paleolithic. It currently resides in the Bratislava Castle exposition of the Slovak National Museum.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Note: "Venus" is an umbrella term in archaeology for figurines of this type
  2. ^ A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival By Stanislav J. Kirschbaum, p. 15