- Venus of Moravany
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Venus[1] of Moravany is a smal 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 in it upper paleolith. It currently resides in the Bratislava Castle exposition of the Slovak National Museum.[2]
See also
- Venus of Hradok
References
- ^ Note: "Venus" is an umbrella term in archaeology for figurines of this type
- ^ A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival By Stanislav J. Kirschbaum, p. 15
Categories:- Archaeology of Slovakia
- Venus figurines
- Piešťany District
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