by Arianna Carta Spring 1961. In the Lanaittu Valley, beneath Mount Gutturgios, a group of speleologists from the Nuorese Caves Group climbs a rock face to a small cave in the Dorgali area. At the end of a narrow tunnel, they find what they weren't looking for: a nearly complete human skeleton…
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by Arianna Carta Spring 1961. In the Lanaittu Valley, beneath Mount Gutturgios, a group of speleologists from the Nuorese Caves Group climbs a rock face to a small cave in the Dorgali area. At the end of a narrow tunnel, they find what they weren't looking for: a nearly complete human skeleton…
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On December 1 and 2, 2026, the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna will host "Mind over matter – The Materiality of Anthropomorphic Figurines," a workshop organized to mark the centennial of the discovery of the Venus II of Willendorf. Two days entirely dedicated to prehistoric anthropomorphic figurines, approached from different perspectives: the contexts…
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There are things that, precisely because they've existed for a long time, end up seeming natural to us; patriarchy is one of them. Patriarchy is documented in many historical societies. We find it in laws, family structures, the transmission of property, religions, and the organization of power. For centuries, it has been justified...
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On December 1 and 2, 2026, the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna will host "Mind over matter – The Materiality of Anthropomorphic Figurines," a workshop organized to mark the centennial of the discovery of the Venus II of Willendorf. Two days entirely dedicated to prehistoric anthropomorphic figurines, approached from different perspectives: the contexts…
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April 14, 2022 by Paola Di Giannantonio Foreword Demetra forever was the title that, years ago, I gave to my study on the popular festival of my town. A town enclosed in the heart of the Abruzzo Apennines: Goriano Sicoli. A name that recalls Sicily, a singular name for being in the province of L'Aquila. A country not…
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April 2, 2022 by Luciana Percovich and Aldina De Stefano The Natisone valleys are located in the easternmost part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. They are formed by the valley of the Natisone river and by those crossed by its tributaries, the Alberone, the Cosizza and the Erbezzo, following a fan system, which converges towards the south. The mountain…
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February 15, 2021 by Laura Violet Rimola In the Civic Archaeological Museum of Sesto Calende, right in the center of the main hall, a rich funerary equipment dating back to the 1977th century BC is exhibited, occasionally discovered in March XNUMX in the Mulini Bellaria area in Sesto Calende, a few steps from the banks of the Ticino. The Ticino River…
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November 21, 2020 by Sarah Perini Based on Marija Gimbutas – Twenty years of study on the Goddess – Proceedings of the Conference of the same name – Rome 9-10 May 2014 – Laima Editorial Project – Turin Circe Circe portrayed on a Greek vase, kept in Taranto, Museo Nazionale La Marconi acknowledges in the figure of Circe and in…
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November 20, 2020 by Maria Laura Leone Taken from Marija Gimbutas – Twenty years of study on the Goddess – Proceedings of the Conference of the same name – Rome 9-10 May 2014 – Laima Editorial Project – Turin What we deduce when the art and shapes of the walls of two imposing prehistoric sanctuaries , such as the Chauvet cave in the Ardeche in France and the Grotta dei Cervi in Porto…
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