'Palaeolithic Venus' discovered in Russia
A stunning 23,000-year-old 'Venus' has been discovered in the Bryansk region of Russia, say scientists. The Palaeolithic beauty was carved from woolly mammoth tusk and shows a 'fantastically delicate' prehistoric woman.
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The 23,000-year-old 'Venus' statue [Credit: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography] |
"This statuette pictures a rather portly woman, but it looks fantastically delicate, probably due to the long and thin legs," enthused the scientist, from the Stone Age department of Moscow's Archaeology Institute.
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The exceptionally rare Venus is made from 'a mammoth tusk [Credit: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography] |
The 'Venus' is made from "mammoth tusk and it portrays a fat, maybe pregnant woman, with a big belly and bust," he said. "Part of the bust and belly has peeled off, along a natural crack in the tusk.
But the rear view remains intact from 23,000 years ago."
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Front and rear views of the 23,000-year-old 'Venus' statue [Credit: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography] |
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The site where the figurine was found [Credit: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography] |
Author: Will Stewart | Source: Daily Mail [April 17, 2017]
The way the legs are carved, the anatomical features, is just uncanny.
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