Guest Scanderbeg Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Startling Phallic Stalagmite, Likely Focus Of Ancient Cult Activity, Is Discovered In Nakovana Cave, Croatia ROM Researcher, Dr. Tim Kaiser, led international team of archaeologists to find the world's first-known Illyrian sanctuary from 2,000 years ago. The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) held a news conference today to announce that a team of international archaeologists co-directed by Dr. Tim Kaiser, ROM Research Associate, has discovered a hidden cave in Croatia, containing the undisturbed remains of an ancient Illyrian cult sanctuary dating from the 1st millennium B.C. This unprecedented discovery, made in a newly discovered chamber within the Nakovana Cave (located in Dalmatia on a remote hillside on Croatia's Adriatic coast), has revealed an astonishing phallic stalagmite surrounded by ritual artifacts. The excavation of this unusual site, evidently sealed for the last 2,000 years, has provided new insight into the Illyrian people, contemporaries of the ancient Greeks. Until now, very little was known about the Illyrians' beliefs, cults and symbolic lives. Full story here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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