Category:Venus of Willendorf
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Deutsch: Venus von Willendorf
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English: Venus of Willendorf, Woman of Willendorf
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Español: Venus de Willendorf
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Français : Vénus de Willendorf
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Nederlands: Venus van Willendorf
·English: The Venus of Willendorf, also known as the Woman of Willendorf, is an 11.1 cm (4 3/8 inches) high statuette of a female figure. It was discovered in 1908 by archaeologist Josef Szombathy at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria near the city of Krems. It is carved from an oolitic limestone that is not local to the area, and tinted with red ochre.
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