Venus from Willendorf is from Northern Italy!
Mystery solved about the origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf as new research method shows that the material likely comes from northern Italy
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. A research team led by the anthropologist Gerhard Weber from the University of Vienna and the two geologists Alexander Lukeneder and Mathias Harzhauser…