Matres Matutae, a small treasure from Campania
by Manuela Candini Manuela Candini, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and Crona, sends us these not too well-known images of a small treasure from Campania, the Matres Matutae, a name freely translatable into "Mothers of the returning light" and venerated as protectors of women giving birth. Their main feature is…
The Lady of Amiens: here she is returning to the Light after 23000 years
by Alessandra De Nardis During an excavation campaign in northern France, in the prehistoric site of Renancourt, in Amiens at the confluence of the Selle and Somme valleys, a team from the National Research Institute of Preventive Archeology brought to light a figurine from unmistakable style that immediately caused it to be renamed…
Interview with Marija Gimbutas on Mother Goddess, Indo-Europeans, birth and development of patriarchy
David: What is at the origin of your interest in the archeology and mythological dimensions of the Goddess of Ancient European religions[1]? Marija: I think this has had to do with my whole life. I have always been a black sheep. I did what I saw with my own eyes – until…
Colin Renfrew in memory of Marija Gimbutas
Something is moving in the Academy among Archaeologists: Marija Gimbutas' most determined opponent, Colin Renfrew, now recognizes that she was right. We publish some passages from a letter by Joan MARLER in which she gives news of the changed attitude of Colin Renfrew, the archaeologist who fought hard against the kurgan hypothesis. He…