The Birth of Venus

Venus figurine during scanning(Dept. of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna)

Venus of Willendorf(Dept. of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna)

For more than a century since the 30,000-year-old stone sculpture known as the Venus of Willendorf was found on the banks of the Danube River in its eponymous village, many unknowns have swirled around the 4.3-inch-tall figurine. But the lingering mystery of where the material used to make the sculpture originated has now bee