Artnet

A Stunning Report Has Pinpointed the Long-Unknown Origins of the Venus of Willendorf

Scientists in Vienna say they have finally solved the mystery of the origins of the famous Venus of Willendorf, the famed 30,000-year-old figurine that was found in 1908 at a Paleolithic site in lower ...
Science Daily

Mystery solved about the origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf

The almost 11 cm high figurine from Willendorf is one of the most important examples of early art in Europe. It is made of a rock called 'oolite' which is not found in or around Willendorf.
Smithsonian Magazine

3-D Scans Show 30,000-Year-Old Stone Sculpture Dug Up in Austria Likely Came From Italy

Scientists claim that the rock used to carve the Venus of Willendorf statue likely came from Italy. Bjørn Christian Tørrissen/Wikimedia Commons A 30,000-year-old statue of a full-figured woman ...
RealClearScience

A 30,000-Year-Old Venus Figurine Gives Up Its Secrets

Scientists working with the Natural History Museum of Vienna may have uncovered the origin of the Venus of Willendorf, a 30,000-year-old figurine originally unearthed 114 years ago in Lower Austria ...
Forbes

Study Pinpoints Origin Of Rock Used To Carve Venus Figurine 25,000 Years Ago

The prehistoric 'Venus of Willendorf' figurine pictured at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria. The Venus of Willendorf, a figurine estimated to have been made around 25,000 to 30,000 years ...
Archaeology

The Birth of Venus

Venus figurine during scanning(Dept. of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna) Venus of Willendorf(Dept. of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna ...