Venus of Brassempouy [SEP] time of discovery
France. Two caves near the village, 100 metres from each other, were among the first Paleolithic sites to be explored in France. They are known as the "Galerie des Hyènes" (Gallery of the Hyenas) and the "Grotte du Pape" (the "Pope's Cave"). The Venus of Brassempouy was discovered in the Pope's Cave in 1894, accompanied by at least eight other human figures. These may be an example of unfinished work, as if the artist or artists carved several figurines at
Venus of Brassempouy
The Venus of Brassempouy (French: "la Dame de Brassempouy", meaning "Lady of Brassempouy", or "Dame à la Capuche", "Lady with the Hood") is a fragmentary ivory figurine from the Upper Palaeolithic. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892. About 25,000 years old, it is one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face.
Discovery.
Brassempouy is a small village in the "département" of Landes in southwest