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Salt - white gold

Objavljeno: 28.05.2021
We know sea, rock and evaporated salt (which is obtained from underground salt chambers, which they flooded with fresh water. When the water evaporates, table salt remains in the chambers). Salt has been an important player in world history since prehistoric times, it has been woven into ...

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Jurij Japelj, Blaž Kumerdej, The Bible of the New Testament, II. Part, 1786

Objavljeno: 27.05.2021
Japelj's most important work was a new translation of the Bible into Slovene language. He started in 1783 and invited the teacher Blaž Kumerdej, who was considered the best connoisseur of Slovene language, to participate. They took the oldest Latin translation and the Dalmatian Bible as a basis. ...

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What did the pile dwellers eat?

Objavljeno: 21.05.2021
We continue the history of food development through the millennia. Today we offer you two recipes for dishes that have already been eaten by pile-dwellers in the Ljubljana Marshes. Last but not least, we are still preparing them today. Have a good run and let us know how your dishes turned out.

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Pocket sundial, Velika planina, cca 1935

Objavljeno: 17.05.2021
A pocket sundial has been preserved in Vlasto Kopač's collection on the great mountain pastoral heritage. It was made by Jurij Humar, the father of Jožefa Humar, who was also a folk artist, but she also made these watches, door handles, etc. For shepherds, time was not so important, but they ...

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The oldest bread crumbs ever known in the world

Objavljeno: 14.05.2021
 Remains of the oldest bread Remains of charred bread crumbs were found in the Jordan Desert, at the site of im. Shubayqa 1. Bread was (according to the results of analyzes) baked 14,000 years ago. The crumbs were 5.7 mm long, up to 4.4 mm wide and 2.5 mm thick. Until now, it was believed that ...

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Unknown painter, votive painting from Komenda, 1761

Objavljeno: 10.05.2021
The votive image was created at a time when in Komenda the worship of St. Urban already greatly expanded. In 1752, the parish priest of Komenda, deserving cultural worker and educator Peter Pavel Glavar (1721-1784) acquired in Rome the relics of St. Urban martyrs who are still under the main altar ...

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Innovations in diet and life - Neolithic revolution

Objavljeno: 07.05.2021
12,000 years ago, after the retreat of glaciers, the climate became warmer, living conditions improved. In the Middle East, in India, people start growing the first grains, domesticate the first animals. This allowed them a more permanent settlement and a different diet. The period after the new ...

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Laurenz Joseph Stachl, The Crucifixion, 1751

Objavljeno: 06.05.2021
The special value is given to the painting, in addition to its exceptional quality, by the exact time of its creation and the signature of the painter Laurenz Joseph Stachl. It’s probably part of a sacristy closet. We can only speculate about the original location, but the possibility that the ...

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Fortunat Bergant, Mary with a Child, c.1760

Objavljeno: 04.05.2021
Fortunat Bergant was born in 1721 in Mekinje near Kamnik and died in 1769 in Ljubljana. He belongs to the second generation of Carniolan Baroque painters, and he was only engaged in table painting. He had great support in the nobility of the time (the Codelli and Erberg families), which was also ...

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Diet of the first hominids

Objavljeno: 30.04.2021
The oldest period in hauman evolution is called Paleolithic (paleos - means old, lithos - stone) - or old stone age. About 2.6 million years ago, the Australopithecus used the hand axe as their first tool.  Most of the oldest tools made from stone are found in Kenya and Ethiopia. The first ...

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