World's Oldest Figurative Art Recently Discovered
May 14th, 2009, 04:42 AM
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World's Oldest Figurative Art Recently Discovered
A figurine which is at least 35,000 years old, has recently been found in a cave in the Schwäbische Alp, Germany. This is the oldest piece of figurative art yet discovered. The small figurine has been named "Venus" because it is female with deliberately exaggerated features.
See this video (and don't be irritated by the URL):
http://www.nature.com/nature/videoar...historicpinup/
See this video (and don't be irritated by the URL):
http://www.nature.com/nature/videoar...historicpinup/
