Adorant from the Geißenklösterle cave
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title:
Adorant from the Geißenklösterle cave
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The Adorant from the Geißenklösterle cave is a 42,000-to-40,000-year-old section of mammoth ivory with a depiction of a human figure, found in the Geißenklösterle cave in the Swabian Jura near Blaubeuren, Germany. The front face has a human figure of uncertain sex in relief, with raised arms and outstretched legs, but no hands. The posture is usually interpreted as an expression of worship, which is why in German the figure is called an "adorant", a word meaning "worshipper". It has been claimed
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description:
Ancient ivory carving
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adorant_from_the_Gei%C3%9Fenkl%C3%B6sterle_cave
date created:
2017-04-11T21:19:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T11:22:25Z
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