Oldest ceramic, not just a goddess

 The Venus of Dolní Věstonice is a ceramic statuette of a nude female figure dated to 29,000–25,000 BCE. It was found in 1925 at the Paleolithic site Dolní Věstonice in the Moravian basin south of Brno / Czech 

It is considered the oldest known ceramic article in the world, crafted from fired clay mixed with bone ash.

@Moravian Museum in Brno.

One may also have a thought or two whether the artist who modeled and carved this figure in clay, then burned it in the firepit was a man or woman.

Thanks for hosting Tuesday's Treasures, Tom the Backroads Traveller!

I've posted lots of other ancient goddesses. Here are a few of them.

Happy 2026

Peace on Earth

Maybe the Angry Women -4

Celebrations of Light

Maybe the Angry Women - 2

Well, there are a lot more, but these came up first in my search!

------------------------------

Some more ancient wonders:

Built before the pyramids, Newgrange is aligned with the winter solar solstice. This civilization included minds which remembered a year to year event, engineers and artists who could build forms to show how the sun would shine down a passageway at that yearly event, and a group of people who could mound up all that earth and move those stones without metal tools or wheels. Whenever a civilization can build monuments, it means there is enough sustenance and wealth that people don't all have to be focused on survival issues, raising food and families and protecting themselves against the elements and possible enemies. I'm always in  awe of these ancient skilled peoples.

Dawn shines down the passageway at Newgrange on Winter Solstice

----------------------

Art in Bloom - Alchemy of Clay blog has some photos each day for this year's display of art with floral arrangements at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts