archeology

Six fragments of carved ivory recovered from the Hohle Fels in Germany represent the oldest figurative art yet discovered. Dating to at least 35,000 years ago, the Venus has grotesquely exaggerated…

This was found in Hohe Fels Germany along with other ivory figurines. It is an archaeological site, a cave in the Swabian Jura region of southwestern Germany, discovered in the 1870s and excavated most recently by Nicholas Conard at the University of Tubingen. It is the oldest venus figurine ever found