Venus of Moravany

The Venus of Moravany in the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava

The Venus of Moravany ( Slovak Moravianska VENUSA ) is a Venus figurines , the near Moravany nad Vahom in Slovakia was found. The estimated age of the figurine is 22,800 years, it is made of mammoth ivory . Comparable finds in the vicinity are the Venus von Willendorf in Lower Austria and the Venus von Dolní Věstonice in the Czech Republic near Břeclav. The 7.6 cm statuette was found in 1938 and is now the oldest work of art in Slovakia in the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava .

literature

Hans Joachim Bodenbach: News on the discovery of the Venus von Moravany (Moravany nad Váhom, Slovakia) , [Detailed investigation to find until the final whereabouts and the role of Lothar Zotz in it], in: Werner Budesheim (Ed.): Festschrift 20 Jahre Freie Lauenburgische Akademie (contributions to science and culture, 10), self-published, Wentorf bei Hamburg 2011, pp. 251–262, with 5 illustrations (including the Venus of Moravany in color and two black-and-white illustrations). In addition, further, very detailed references [1]