Prehistory - Finestre sull'Arte

First ancient genomes from Green Sahara discovered: humanity isolated for thousands of years

Seven thousand years ago, when the Sahara was still a green and fertile expanse, an isolated human group inhabited what is now Libya, with no contact with sub-Saharan populations. This is revealed by a new study based on DNA analysis of two naturally...
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Discovery in Malta: hunter-gatherers traveled by sea 8,500 years ago

The prehistoric hunter-gatherers who populated the Mediterranean possessed far more advanced maritime skills than previously believed. This is shown by a new discovery that rewrites the chronology of human presence on Malta: the island was reached an...
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More than 200,000-year-old engraved stone discovered in Spain

A new find could write the history ofprehistoric art in Marbella in Spain's Malaga province all over again. During an excavation campaign at the Coto Correa archaeological site in Las Chapas, archaeologists discovered an engraved stone block whose pr...
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An exhibition at the Riva del Garda Museum to learn about prehistoric statuary in Italy

The MAG Museo Alto Garda in Riva del Garda offers in its halls until January 6, 2025 a journey into prehistory with the exhibition Talking Stones in Prehistory. Prehistoric Statuary in Italy, which gives the opportunity to discover the art and cultur...
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Sardinia hosts first exhibition on the relationship between the art of Costantino Nivola and Sardinian prehistory

At the two venues of the Nivola Museum in Orani and the Giovanni Marongiu Civic Museum in Cabras, the exhibition On the Shoulders of Giants will be on view from November 30, 2024 to March 23, 2025. The Modern Prehistory of Costantino Nivola, curated ...
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An exhibition and conference in Florence to understand how our ancestors coped with climate change

TheItalian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory in Florence is promoting initiatives that provide an opportunity to explore how our ancestors, even thousands of years ago, coped with climate change and extreme weather phenomena. The events, inclu...
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Belluno, Sovramonte's Muvar opens and dedicates its spaces to the Man of Val Rosna

The Muvar - Museum of Man of Val Rosna, in Sovramonte (Belluno), will be inaugurated on September 19, 2024. Within its spaces will be insights into the first human peopling of the Alps with reconstructions and films, delving into all aspects that hav...
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The Palafitte of Fiavé: in Trentino to discover one of the most important settlements of European prehistory

In Trentino, in Fiavé, in the heart of the Giudicarie Valleys, between Lake Garda and the majestic Brenta Dolomites, are the remains of one of the most important settlements of European prehistory: it will seem like taking a plunge into the pa...
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