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Which are the deepest roots of that mix of cultures that we use to call ‘Mediterranean Civilization’? Which are comminglings and exchanges
which produced its most complete fruit, i.e. the city, a place for landscape-modelling communities? And which elements did contribute to build
up that baulk of customs, ideas, and innovations which compelled to confrontation and hybridizations different peoples for millennia? What did
it made, from pottery to metallurgy, from gastronomy to architecture, from art to religion, of a sea a cradle of civilization? Archaeology may
help in disentangling such questions, seeking unexpected answers , by tinkering what ancient Mediterranean peoples left buri...
which produced its most complete fruit, i.e. the city, a place for landscape-modelling communities? And which elements did contribute to build
up that baulk of customs, ideas, and innovations which compelled to confrontation and hybridizations different peoples for millennia? What did
it made, from pottery to metallurgy, from gastronomy to architecture, from art to religion, of a sea a cradle of civilization? Archaeology may
help in disentangling such questions, seeking unexpected answers , by tinkering what ancient Mediterranean peoples left buri...
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CH
Mar 13, 2021
This was a great course, it was great to be out 'on location' with the archaeologists and Lorenzo Nigro. There was also a great selection of reading material which offered more in-depth information.
A
Jul 28, 2017
A very informative and interesting study of the origins of Mediterranean civilization. The course is packed with examples and explanations and delivered by the superb Prof. Nigro
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