The Venus of Willendorf, estimated at between 25,000 to 30,000 years old, has long been a source of contemporary mystery and intrigue, and for good reason — little was known about its origins and ...

Apparently, a curvy Venus was too much for Facebook to handle. In what has become a case of Stone Age pornography, Facebook recently removed a post by a self-proclaimed "artivist" featuring a ...

An Italian woman's post featuring the 30,000-year-old artifact was removed late last year; last month, the museum that houses it called out the social network. The Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, ...

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.

Scientists in Vienna say they have finally solved the mystery of the origins of the famous Venus of Willendorf, the famed 30,000-year-old figurine that was found in 1908 at a Paleolithic site in lower ...

A 30,000 year-old sculpture portraying a nude woman has been deemed “pornographic” by Facebook. The famous artwork, known as the Venus of Willendorf, belongs to the Naturhistorisches Museum collection ...

Scientists working with the Natural History Museum of Vienna may have uncovered the origin of the Venus of Willendorf, a 30,000-year-old figurine originally unearthed 114 years ago in Lower Austria ...

A pudgy little figure with wide hips and ample breasts, the Venus of Willendorf was discovered in 1908 but originally dates to the Stone Age. One of the oldest surviving art works in the world, the ...