Mysterious Prehistoric Man In Rome

[Bianca]

                                            Mysterious prehistoric man in Rome


                                    Trypillian culture spotlights Europe's proto- cities






 (ANSA) -
Rome,
October 2 -

A mysterious Neolithic people who created Europe's earliest urban culture is the focus of an exhibition currently showing in Rome. Palazzo della Cancelleria is hosting the exhibit devoted to the Cucuteni or Trypillian culture, which flourished in an area between modern Romania, Moldova and Ukraine between 5500 BC and 2750 BC.

The exhibition, the first of its kind in Italy, brings together 450 artefacts from excavations and private collections, and explores different archaeological interpretations of the culture's proto-cities. Although many Trypillian settlements were little more than villages, particularly the earliest ones with around 15 dwellings, others came to house thousands of people, a remarkable development in that era. The two largest settlements uncovered so far, Dobrovody and Maydanets, both in Ukraine, were each home to around 10,000 people at one time and spanned areas of 2.5 square kilometres. Usually located on a plateau and fortified with earthworks and ditches, the proto-cities were laid out in concentric circles or parallel lines, and interspersed with squares for communal activities. People usually lived in adobe huts, sometimes with two stories, which had round windows and were heated by a central oven.

However, some of the largest settlements also contained much bigger buildings.

These were typically between 300 and 600 metres long, with multiple rooms. The walls and ceilings were decorated with black and red designs, while the beds and other furniture were of complex design with brilliant colours. These large structures have frequently been archaeological treasure troves, with beautiful utensils and mysterious tattooed male and female figurines, often faceless, and thought to be of religious significance.

Pottery and copper, exported extensively from the Balkans, are also commonplace in such sites. Animal bones uncovered by digs, which have been under way since the early 1800s, indicate that the Trypillians not only hunted wild game but also raised cows, goats, sheep and pigs. They grew a variety of crops and appear to have been part of an extensive trade network. Entitled 'Cucuteni-Trypillya. Una grande civilta' dell'antica Europa' (Cucuteni-Trypillya: A Great Civilization of Ancient Europe), the Rome exhibition runs in Palazzo della Cancelleria until October 31.

[BlueHue]

Dear ......... BIANCHA
without pictures it is hard to immagine how the layout of the settlementbuildings was
Concentric what ?  I am a bit excentric.

Did you know that King Atlas was an astronomy Buff
and that the circular canals in Atlantis city Poseidonis
may have been a planetarium lay-out ! with FOUR Colums of Chronos/Proteus
not the Two of Hercules.       

[Bianca]

Hi, Blue!


It's a new story and I haven't pursued it yet because I have had a busy day.

Keep your eye on this as I intend to pursue this storyline since I was not aware of this particular
culture, the Cucuteni or Trypillian. It will either be here or in CONTINENTAL EUROPE.



QUOTE:

"Did you know that King Atlas was an astronomy Buff
and that the circular canals in Atlantis city Poseidonis
may have been a planetarium lay-out !"


Now you're talking 'my language', Blue - very possible considering this:







Statue of Atlas carrying the Universe on his shoulders turns out to have used the lost celestial globe of Hipparchus, the Greek astronomer who first discovered the precession of Earth’s axis, observed a nova, precisely calculated the length of the year, and invented the stellar brightness scale used today.

And he also made this newly-rediscovered, amazingly accurate star map, complete with celestial equator, ecliptic, and Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

By the way, Hipparchus is also supposed to have made the Anthykithera Mechanism......

[Constantine]

Interesting.  Italy was also supposed to be a colony of Atlantis during this same era. These could be settlers of the Atlantean empire.

[Bianca]

WELCOME TO AO, CONSTANTINE!!!



Some of us believe that the Etruscans were refugees and/or colonizers from Atlantis,

just like the Basque....


BTW, Constantine, I DID find an article on 'Google.it' that indicated a connection to Atlantis.
Unfortunately, I could not access it at the time. 

I'll keep trying.

[Bianca]

               









                                                   Cucuteni-Trypillya's civilisation



                               A worldwide preview in Rome  european institute of cultural routes
 





Valentina Fava
02 September 2008
 
Cucuteni-Trypillya is considered the first important European civilisation, which developed in the territory of Romania, Ukraine and Republic of Moldavia.

This exhibition proposes around 450 pieces which have been found during the excavations or which
are part of private collections.

Les proto-villages testify that this Neolithic civilisation was really original and that the level of pro-
gress was really advanced.





The exhibition’s curators are



Sergiy Chaykovskyi,

Valentin Dergacev,

Romeo Dumitrescu,

Sergiy Krolevets,

Mykola Platonov,

Eugen Sava,

Lacramioara Stratulat,

Sergiy Taruta,

Nicolae Ursulescu.





The exhibition has received the patronage of


Ukraine’s Ambassador at Holy See - Tetiana Izhevska -

of Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and Tourism - Vasyl’Vovkun -

of Romania’s Minister of Culture and Cults - Adrian Iorgulescu -

of Romania’s Ministry of Culture and Cults’ General Secretary - Virgil Nitulescu.





Image: website

http://www.exibart.com/profilo/eventiV2.asp?idelemento=57971

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For those who are interested, like Blue Hue, I have started a thread on this topic in CONTINENTAL

EUROPE.

HERE:



http://atlantisonline.smfforfree2.com/index.php/topic,13056.msg105933.html#msg105933



Please be patient as I have finally found enough info in English and an abundance of pictures too......

[BlueHue]

Strange that Gold statues always tend to look less well-finished that stone or woodcarved arefacts !( I am intrested  Terra Cotta but not in Kitchenware.)