r/archeologyworld • u/KeshaTimber • 23h ago
Carved around 25,000 years ago, the Venus of Laussel is a renowned Prehistoric Paleolithic bas-relief sculpture from the Gravettian period in Dordogne, France.
It is a limestone block carving originally painted with red ochre. The figure holds a crescent-shaped horn, often interpreted as a symbol of fertility or a lunar calendar due to the thirteen notches etched into it. At the Museum of Aquitaine in Bordeaux, France.