The Austrian people celebrated the prehistoric female Guard

This is Venusmania in Vienna, where the Austrian celebrated the discovery 100 years ago - a figurative figurines dating back 25,000 years ago, when mammoths dominated the lands.

This is Venusmania in Vienna, where the Austrian celebrated the discovery 100 years ago - a figurative figurines dating back 25,000 years ago, when mammoths dominated the lands.

The female wine goddess, the goddess chocolate, and the sweet cake with the female guardian jam - Austria is living on the anniversary of the limestone statue known as Willendorf's female guardian, a small hamlet along the Da river -nuyp where the statue was discovered by archaeologists a century earlier.

Willendorf's female guardian was only 4 inches tall but very famous for her attractive female body. Experts say the statue dates back to the Stone Age, and is one of the oldest artifacts about women.

But what does this statue describe - or who carved it thousands of years ago is still a mystery. Is this statue a symbol of reproduction, lucky charms, a goddess - or even a prehistoric artifact?

Walpurga Antl-Weiser, expert of the Natural History Museum in Vienna, who wrote the book on the statue, said it was difficult to know what people at that time thought.

The statue was not made from local materials, and over the years similar statues were discovered elsewhere, including France and Russia, Antl-Weiser told The Associated Press.

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This is a picture of Willendorf's Goddess who doesn't have a date given by Vienna's Natural History Museum.The female guardian of Willendorf, the statue from the Paleolithic period with the shape of a fat woman, was discovered 100 years ago.(Photo: AP / Natural History Museum )

According to the Natural History Museum, at that time, mammoths, bison and rhinos ruled Willendorf, and humans lived in groups of people in camps.

Modern archaeologists discovered this statue during excavation in 1908 and brought it to the Natural History Museum for preservation. The statue first appeared in public in 1998.

Before the anniversary festival on Friday, the statue made a short repatriation to Willendorf. Starting Saturday, Willendorf's female guardian - along with a number of 'sisters' from Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic - will be on display at the Natural History Museum.

In fact, this statue continues to attract the public.

Products related to feminine hygiene are widely circulated - for example, chocolate, macaroons, or even soap. On Friday, Austria Post officially announced a special stamp of homage to the statue.

For Antl-Weiser, public interest is explainable.

She said: 'Although the figure is quite bloated, but the statue is still very beautiful. People feel like the statue has become a symbol. '

Update 17 December 2018
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