Czech prehistoric engraved "Venus" has "twin sister" in USA

Photo: Venus of Predmosti / Journal Arch Science via vorige.nrc.nl

The prehistoric Czech "Venus of Predmosti", north Moravia, an engraving of a woman on a mammoth tusk, which is one of the oldest artifacts in Europe, may exist in another version that is in a U.S. collection, Martina Galetova, from Brno's museum, has told CTK.

The engraving dating back to the Upper Palaeolithic Age was found over 100 years ago by archaeologist Martin Kriz.

It is housed in the Moravian Land Museum (MZM) in Brno.

The possible "twin sister" of the "Venus of Predmosti" is owned by U.S. art collector Duncan Caldwell.

Both engravings are very similar.

Photo: The possible "twin sister" / Journal Arch Science via vorige.nrc.nl

Experts from the Moravian museum are not fully convinced that Caldwell's artifact is genuine...

The prestigious Journal of Archaeological Science will report on the find of another "Venus of Predmosti" in March... Praguemonitor.com

Saber más: Venus de Predmost (gl.wikipedia.org)

Venus de Predmost (o Předmostí). Figura femenina estilizada grabada en una defensa de mamut (marfil). Procede de Predmost (República Checa). Interpretación según Hugo Obermaier (El Hombre fósil).

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