Re: (OT) The world's oldest ivory sculpture

On Fri, 15 May 2009 15:29:02 GMT, Jack@xxxxxxxxx (Magnus) wrote:

Ivory sculpture in Germany could be world's oldest
by Patrick McGROARTY,
Associated Press Writer Patrick Mcgroarty

A 35,000-year-old ivory carving of a busty woman found in a German
cave was unveiled Wednesday by archaeologists who believe it is the
oldest known sculpture of the human form.
The carving found in six fragments in Germany's Hohle Fels cave
depicts a woman with a swollen belly, wide-set thighs and large,
protruding breasts.

"It's very sexually charged," said University of Tuebingen
archaeologist Nicholas Conard, whose team discovered the figure in
September (...)

whole article at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_oldest_sculpture

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"it was carved at least 35,000 years ago"
Wow!

Well, you can be very old but still obsessed with women... unlike our
closet gay troll!

;-)
Mort, the sabre-toothed frog


"Obsessed by women" - our Mortie? The bloke that complained so loudly
about an individual who dared to converse with a woman -- His wife?

Naw, can't be. Must be a troll posting under his name. The real Mortie
(that we all know and love) would never say that about a woman.



Cheers,

Schweik
(goodsoldierschweikatgmaildotcom)
.

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