What do these have in common?

Both have ties to the area I floated through today, Austria's Wachau Valley.

The Venus of Willendorf-- one of the oldest statues ever found (~25,000 years!) was discovered here in 1908. Scientists still debate what it represented, and whether it suggests a matriarchal society.

King Richard was held prisoner in the castle above Dürenstein, a Wachau Valley town, for a couple years following the 3rd Crusade. Legend has it he was found and set free after "the King’s faithful minnesinger travelled from castle to castle until he found him in Dürnstein by singing a refrain, which the prisoner sang back."

For more info...

https://www.khanacademy.org/.../pal.../a/venus-…
https://www.duernstein.at/.../the-ruin-of-duern…Read more