Venus of Moravany

Venus of Moravany
A Venus from Moravany nad Váhom, which dates back to 22,800 BC
MaterialMammoth ivory
Created24,800 years ago
Discovered1930
Slovakia

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

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

It is made of mammoth tusk ivory and is dated to 22,800 BP,[1] (the Gravettian).

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

  1. ^ a.s, Slovesnká pošta. "POFIS - Catalog - Products - Art - Venus of Moravany". www.pofis.sk. Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. ^ A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival by Stanislav J. Kirschbaum, p. 15