Austrians fete voluptuous, prehistoric Venus

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This undated file photo provided by Viennas natural history museum shows the Venus of Willendorf. The Venus of Willendorf a small Paleolithic statuette with a fleshy distinctively feminine figure was discovered 100 years ago Thursday Aug. 7 2008. (AP ...
This undated file photo provided by Vienna's natural history museum shows the Venus of Willendorf. The Venus of Willendorf, a small Paleolithic statuette with a fleshy, distinctively feminine figure, was discovered 100 years ago Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Natural History Museum, handout)
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(AP) -- It's Venusmania in Vienna, where Austrians are celebrating the discovery 100 years ago Thursday of a tiny but voluptuous figurine that dates back 25,000 years to a time when mammoths roamed the region.


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