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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists claim that the rock used to carve the Venus of Willendorf statue likely came from Italy. Bjørn Christian Tørrissen/Wikimedia Commons A 30,000-year-old statue of a full-figured woman ...

The prehistoric 'Venus of Willendorf' figurine pictured at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria. The Venus of Willendorf, a figurine estimated to have been made around 25,000 to 30,000 years ...

Yusef Komunyakaa’s love for poetry began with his grandparents. They were dedicated churchgoers, and he’s said that “the Old Testament informed the cadences of their speech.” Komunyakaa spent his ...