What is Venus of Willendorf?
[[File:VenusWillendorf.jpg|thumb|210px|Venus of Willendorf]] [[File:Venus_von_Willendorf_01.jpg|thumb|200px]] '''''Venus of Willendorf''''' or '''''Woman of Willendorf''''', is an 11.1&nbsp;cm (4.4 inches) high [[statue]]tte of a woman or woman-like thing. Someone carved it in [[prehistory|prehistoric]] times, perhaps 30,000 years ago. [[Archaeologist]] [[Josef Szombathy]] found it in [[1908]] near [[Willendorf]]. The statuette is made of a kind of [[limestone]] called [[oolite]]. There is no oolite near Willendorf, so scientists think someone carried the stone a very long way. The statue is colored with [[red ochre]].<ref name=Art>{{cite news |url = https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venus-of-willendorf-origins-study-1234620570/ |title = Venus of Willendorf's Origins Are Traced Back to Italy, Solving Longstanding Archaeological Mystery |author = Alex Greenberger |publisher= ArtNews |date = March 1, 2022 |archiveurl = }}</ref><ref name=Live>{{cite news |url = https://www.livescience.com/venus-of-willendorf-origins-found |title = Voluptuous 'Venus' of the Ice Age originated in Italy |author = Mindy Weisberger |publisher= Live Science |date = March 1, 2022 |archiveurl = }} </ref><ref name=Press>{{cite press release |url = https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944793 |title = Mystery solved about the origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf |author = University of Vienna |publisher = Eurekalert |date = February 28, 2022 }} </ref><ref name=Nature>{{cite journal |title = The microstructure and the origin of the Venus from Willendorf |author = Gerhard W. Weber, Alexander Lukeneder, Mathias Harzhauser, Philipp Mitteroecker, Lisa Wurm, Lisa-Maria Hollaus, Sarah Kainz, Fabian Haack, Walpurga Antl-Weiser & Anton Kern |journal= Scientific Reports |date = February 28, 2022 |volume = 12 |issue = 1 |page = 2926 |doi= 10.1038/s41598-022-06799-z|pmid = 35228605 |pmc = 8885675 |bibcode = 2022NatSR..12.2926W }}</ref> Willendorf i