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Changes in the diet in the Age of Metals

Objavljeno: 05.07.2021
The first Metal Age, the Copper Age (4000 – 2300 BC), occurred after the invention of copper, followed by the Bronze (2300 – 900 BC) and the Iron Age (900 BC until the Roman occupation). The discovery of practical uses of metals importantly affected cooking by enabling the use of cauldrons ...

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Where to go on hot summer days?

Objavljeno: 28.06.2021
TO THE MUSEUM - behind thick walls, in pleasantly cold rooms, you will find an abundance of interesting exhibitions, the past and heritage of our places, the stories of people, their achievements, surpluses… IN THE MOUNTAINS - along the Gorenjska museum - mountain transversal. If you collect ...

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Highlights from the Museum summer night in Kamnik

Objavljeno: 20.06.2021
Highlights from the Museum summer night in Kamnik: opening of the museum summer night with director Zora Torkar and mayor Matej Slapar, presentation of the new exhibition Pasta and coffee from Šmarca with the author Marko Kumer; and a continuation with a guided tour of the exhibition Slovenian ...

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Something about coffee substitutes

Objavljeno: 10.06.2021
The bases for coffee substitutes are very diverse: dandelion or chicory root, acorns, cereal beans, almonds, asparagus, beets, carrots, corn, chicory, dandelion, figs, peas, wheat bran, just right fried and ground potato peels, all this can be used to make a coffee beverage. It tastes similar to ...

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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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