Ancient Ivory Venus Unearthed in Pope's Grotto
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The Venus of Brassempouy, a 23,000-year-old ivory carving of a woman, was discovered in France's Grotte du Pape in 1894. Made from a mammoth tusk, this lifelike figurine is one of the earliest examples of a human face carving and may have symbolized fertility.
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