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The oldest bread crumbs ever known in the world
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
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
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
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
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
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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From the first years of the Kamnik Museum
On December 4, 1961, the Kamnik Museum was established. The Renaissance-Baroque castle complex Zaprice was intended for its operation, but it was in a rather poor condition when it was taken over, as there were still apartments in it. Ever since 1963, the buildings in the castle complex have ...
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Information for visitors
Dear visitors.
During the May Day holidays, you are invited to the units of the Intermunicipal Museum Kamnik.
The museum at Zaprice Castle and the Birth House of Rudolf Maister will be open since Wednesday, April 28 to Friday, April 30, 2021, till 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Miha Maleš Gallery and ...
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Ana Hribar Lemovec - First step
Ana Hribar Lemovec graduated in 2019 and two years later received her master's degree in graphics in art pedagogy from the Faculty of Education in Ljubljana. In her first solo exhibition, she presents a graphic work in which she tirelessly develops the idea of her own portrait. The face ...
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Archaeological culinary corner
In 2021 Slovenia has been declared as a European region of gastronomy. Let’s take a look at what we can use in today’s diet from the ancestors experiences. Trying to present the diet of our ancient ancestors is an extremely difficult task. We do not have written sources for prehistoric ...
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