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Hyena. Ivory figure from La Madelaine, Dordogne, France. Superior Magdalenian, beginning of Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic). Size 10.8 cm
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Hyena. Ivory figure from La Madelaine, Dordogne,...

Skeleton, found near Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France. Magdalenian, beginning of Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic).
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Skeleton, found near Les Eyzies, Dordogne, Fr...

Cattle. Stone relief from Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France. Magdalenian, beginning of the Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic)
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Cattle. Stone relief from Les Eyzies, Dordogne, Fr...

Venus with a horn. Bas-relief. Palaeolithic (20th mill. BCE), found at Laussel near Marquay, Dordogne, France.
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Venus with a horn. Bas-relief. Palaeolithic (20th mill....

The Grimaldi Venus. Steatite figure. Palaeolithic (25th mill. BCE) Perigourdien Superieur. Height 4.5 cm
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The Grimaldi Venus. Steatite figure....

Idol. Stone figure from Les Eyzies de Tayac, France. Magdalenian, beginning of Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic).
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Idol. Stone figure from Les Eyzies de Tayac, Fra...

Venus of Willendorf. Carved out of limestone, 11cm tall, discovered at an excavation in Willendorf, Lower Austria on 7 August 1908. One of the many female statuettes, nicknamed "Venus" figurines, that were made of stone, bone and ivory in the Upper Palaeolithic, 28.000 to 12.000 BCE. Statuettes with similar features - symmetrical posture, large breasts, abdomen and buttocks, reduced arms and feet, no face - were found throuout Europe, from western France to Siberia. Their purpose and meaning to the palaeolithic hunters and gatherers is subject to much speculation. The interpretations range from stone age sex symbol and mother godess to talisman, shaman and ancestor cult object, dependig on the interpreter and his or her social and political background.
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Venus of Willendorf. Carved out of limestone, 11cm tall, discovered at an exca...

Trapezoid mountain on the Romanian (northern) side of the Iron Gate of the Danube, seen from Lepenski Vir on the Yugoslav side, a stone-age site which was discovered in 1960. Excavations begun in 1965.
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Trapezoid mountain on the Romanian (northern) side of the Iron Gate of the Danu...

Treskavac, a trapezoid mountain on the Romanian (northern) side of the Iron Gate of the Danube - seen from Lepenski Vir on the Yugoslavian side, a stone-age site which was discovered in 1960. Excavations begun in 1965.
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Treskavac, a trapezoid mountain on the Romanian (northern) side of the Iron Gate...

Treskovac, a trapezoid mountain on the Romanian (northern) side of the Iron Gate of the Danube, seen from Lepenski Vir on the Yugoslav side, a stone age site which was discovered in 1960. Excavations begun in 1965.
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Treskovac, a trapezoid mountain on the Romanian (northern) side of the Iron Gate...

Head. From the sanctuary of house 44 at Lepenski Vir II, Yugoslavia. Rough-grained sandstone (6000-5500 BCE). Height of the excavated sculptures between 30 and 65 cm.
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Head. From the sanctuary of house 44 at Lepenski Vir II, Yugoslavia. Rough-grain...

Sandstone figure "Adam" from house 28, "The Sanctuary below the Rocks" at Lepenski Vir II (7th mill. BCE) Size 23.2 x 16 cm Inv. LV 9
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Sandstone figure "Adam" from house 28, "The Sanctuary below the Rocks" at Lepens...