Scientists in Germany have discovered a carving of a human figure believed to be between 35,000 – 40,000 years old – the oldest sculpture of its kind ever found.
The 6-cm. ivory carving was found in a cave in Schelklingen, near the German town of Alb-Donau-Kreis in Baden Württemberg. It depicts a woman with enlarged breasts and hips, and exaggerated vulva.
Archeologists believe it was used as a fertility symbol. The same cave uncovered a 28,000 year-old carving representing a phallic symbol in 2005. The cave may have been used for sexual for fertility rituals.
The statue has been dubbed Venus and will be on display in Stuttgart from September 18 2008 until January 2010.
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Hell, that thing ain’t 35,000 years old. It’s a little bust of my wife.
This ancient ivory “headless” figurine of a woman is almost identical to a Malta (island south of Italy) Neolithic figurine – fertility goddess. See link below – scroll halfway down to view pic:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://barcla…
N.Gagnon – explorer
It’s beautiful.