“Dawn at the dawn of civilisation” is the title of a seminar that will take place on January 19 at Acropolis Museum’s amphitheatre. Among others, this is expected to feature a series of very interesting announcements that will greatly enhance current understanding of Greece’s history and culture.
Eight years after the unveiling of Myrtis (shown left), the reconstructed head of a girl that once lived in Classical-era ancient Athens, the Acropolis museum will now introduce a new face from an even earlier past to Greek audiences. Dawn is a woman from the Mesolithic era (7,000 BC) who lived in the Theopetra cave in Trikala region, according to Athens University professor Manolis Papagrigorakis, who has invested a great deal of time and learning in order to bring Greeks “face to face” with their ancestors.
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