Venus of Moravany

The Venus of Moravany[1] (Slovak: Moravianska venuša) is a small prehistoric female figurine discovered in Slovakia in the early 20th century.

A Venus from Moravany nad Váhom, which dates back to 22,800 BC

It was ploughed up sometime before 1930 by the farmer Štefan Hulman-Petrech in Podkovica near the village of Moravany nad Váhom in Slovakia.

It is made of mammoth tusk ivory and is dated to 22,800 BCE, (the Gravettian).

A copy of this Venus currently resides in the Bratislava Castle exposition of the Slovak National Museum.[2]

See also

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


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