Statues of Prehistoric Venuses found all over the World By Gaetano Bugelli
There are many venuses that have either big bubies or big buttocks. I think I have an idea why they are carved like that. I think that at the time many people were suffering from steatopygia.
Venus Number 1: The Venus of Willendorf
The Venus of Willendorf dates back to 25,000 years BC and is made of Oolithic limestone. The statue was found in the Palaeolithic archaeological sites at Willendorf in Austria as part of the Wachau railway construction.
Venus Number 2: The Venus of Lespugue
The Venus of Lespugue dates back to 23,000 years BC and is made of mammoth ivory tusk. The statue was found in the Rideaux cave of Lespugue in the foothills of the Pyrenees, part of the Haute Garonne region of France.
Venus Number 3 : The Venus of Dolni Vestonice
The Venus of Dolni Vestonice dates back to 26,000 years BC and is made of a mixture of animal bone meal and clay. The statue was found in the palaeolithic settlement of Dolní Vestonice which is in slopes of the Pavlov Hills in Czech Republic.
Venus Number 4: The Venus of Mal’ta in Siberia
The Venus of Mal’ta dates back to 21,000 years BC and is made of mammoth ivory tusk. The statue was found in a cave at Mal'ta, at the Angara River, near Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia.
Venus Number 5: The Venus of Brassempouy
The Venus of Brassempouy dates back to 23,000 years BC and is made of mammoth ivory tusk. The statue was found near Brassempouy, in a place known as the Galerie des Hyènes (Gallery of the Hyenas) and the Grotte du Pape (the Pope's Cave).
Venus Number 6: The Venus of Laussel
Venus Number 7: The Venus of Hohle Fels
The Venus of Hohle Fels is made of mammoth ivory.
Venus Number 8: The Venus of Savignano
Dates back to 25,000 years BC.
Venus Number 9: The Venus of Kostenky
Dates back to 30,000 years BC. Venus Number 10: The Venus of Moravany
Dates back from 22,000 years to 24,000 years BC.
Venus Number 11: The Venus of Montpazier
Dates back to 30,000 years BC. Venus Number 12: The Venus of Garagino
Dates back to 22,000 years BC
Venus Number 13: The Venus of Tan Tan
The Venus of Tan Tan was found in Morocco from about 300,00 to 500,000 years BC. By Homo Erectus. Venus Number 14: The Venus of Berekhat Ram
Venus Number 15: The Venus of Zaraysk
Venuses Numbers 15 and 16: Venuses from Çatalhöyük
Dates back from 5,500 to 7,000 years BC and is made of marble or calcite.
Dates back from 5,500 to 7,000 years BC and is made of clay.
Numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 21: Venuses from Keros
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Venuses Numbers 22, 23, 24: Venuses of Mesopotamia
Venus Number 25: Venus of the Nile River Goddess
Dates back to 4,000 years BC
Venus Number 26: The Mezin Venus
Venus Number 27: The Venus of Parzadzik
Venus Number 28: Venus of the Turriga Mother Goddess
Dates back from 2,800 to 3,200 years BC.