În regăsirea Lumii Pierdute a Vechii Europe
Rediscovering The Lost World of Old Europe

Summary/Abstract: On 11th November 2009 was inaugurated the international exhibition “The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500 BC” in the galleries of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World of New York University. The exhibition has brought for the first time before the American public artifacts aged between 5500 and 7000 years old, witnessing the existence of a developed civilization in southeast Europe, in a space surnamed Old Europe, situated on the present territory of Romania, Bulgaria and Republic of Moldova. The exhibition reunites over 250 objects originating from the collections of over 20 museums in Romania, Bulgaria and Republic of Moldova. Among the exhibited objects are fired clay figurines, Cucuteni-Tripolie ceramic vessels, golden adornment objects, copper tools and jewelry, shell jewelry etc. The exhibition was itinerated between May and August 2010 at the prestigious British museum The Ashmolean Museum from Oxford University and will be displayed in October 2010 – January 2011 at the Cycladic Museum of Art in Athens, Greece.

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