The ways of the masks. Sentimental itinerary through the Sardinian carnivals by Gabriella NocentiniCarlo Delfino Editore – Sassari 2021 In Sardinia you can still see traditional carnivals, which discover a very complex world that is lost in the mists of time, bringing us back to the very ancient rites of fertilization, of passage from winter at the…
See moreThe dwellings of the Goddess by Cristina BiaggiVenexia Editrice, Le Civette – I Saggi – 2022 by Arianna Carta A fascinating book written by an eclectic and courageous scholar who, inspired by the work of the archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, above all by the hypothesis of an egalitarian society in Prehistoric Europe, writes an essay on the presence and…
See moreby Alessandra de Nardis This invitation to read is not a book but a short article published by the Florentine museum of prehistory on 26 February 2022; talks to us about prehistory, about the Tripolye Culture which takes its name from the Ukrainian village in the governorate of Kiev, a particular production of figurative, indicative art…
See moreSymbols of life and death in the Neolithic age by Dorothy CameronVenexia Editrice, Le Owls – I Saggi – 2020 I have just finished reading Dorothy Cameron's book, Symbols of life and death in the Neolithic age, published by the Venexia publishing house and edited by Luciana Percovich, who…
See moreThe invisible women of PrehistoryVenexia Editrice, Le Civette – I Saggi 2019 We asked Judy Foster, co-author with Marlene Derlet of the book Invisible Women of Prehistory – which is receiving great attention and was awarded last November in Rome by the Country of Women with the “EDITORIAL AWARD…
See moreJudy Foster – The invisible women of PrehistoryThree million years of peace, six thousand years of warVenexia Editrice, Le Civette – I Saggi 2019 by Beppe Pavan Luciana Percovich and Le Civette di Venexia: how wonderful! Each new volume of the series is a contribution to the search for convincing answers and…
See morePublished by Le Civette Saggi, for Venexia Editrice, The Myth of the Goddess has finally arrived in Italy 25 years after its first publication thanks to the commitment of Luciana Percovich. The book reconstructs the history of the evolution of human consciousness from the phase of sacredness and harmony with nature, venerated as…
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