National Archaeological Museum (MAN) has initiated this Monday, February 17, the exhibition ‘Extremadura, a story recorded in stone’a selection of five archaeological pieces that cover from prehistory to late antiquity, with stone as a conductive thread. This sample can be visited free from Tuesday, February 18 to April 20.
This exhibition is the second that hosts the newly released archaeological novelty room and happens to ‘Turuñuelo faces’which attracted about 26,000 visitors and also had the collaboration of the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain and the Board of Extremadura.
“Archeology is a transferred competition, but cooperation between administrations is key. From the Ministry of Culture, elbow is worked with the Board of Extremadura to support excavation, restoration and dissemination projects, such as the one carried out at the Valdecañas reservoir, “the Director General of Culture and Fine Arts has declared at a press conference, Ángeles Albert.
He also pointed out that “in the last Heritage Council, the draft of the next National Archeology Plan was presented, which is sought complement the work of the autonomous communities, supporting research, value and dissemination of heritage“. Last December, the culture of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, advanced the approval of the aforementioned plan, which will see the light” soon “, since it has been” claimed “more than 30 years.
For its part, in the presentation, the head of the Archaeological Department of Extremadura, Hipolito Collado Giraldo, explained that “the five exposed pieces offer a vision of the evolution of the companies that populated Extremadura throughout the centuries.”
Thus, in this temporary exhibition, visitors will be able to contemplate, chronologically, ‘La Estela Diademada de Alcántara (Cáceres) ‘, a piece dated in the age of copper (3,300-2.200 BC) that represents a female figure with a characteristic headdress-shaped headdress, a reflection of the first iconographic manifestations in the region.
Next, it is presented ‘The wake of Navalvillar de Pela (Badajoz)’corresponding to the final bronze that shows an evolution in the iconographic representation. Third, the Verraco del Paraje de Alija (Cáceres) stands out‘, dated from the fourth century BC, a sculpture In grain with a unique iconography that represents a pig animal in an attack position, which suggests that it had a symbolic or protective function.
Subsequently, the marble relief with tap head ‘is exhibited, from the porch of the Augusta Emerita forum (Mérida), dating from the 1 Its relevance within the architectural and decorative context of the Roman city.
Finally, the exhibition concludes with ‘A Visigoth relief from Benavides Farm (Olivenza, Badajoz)’belonging to the eighth century DC, decorated with plant reasons and birds, forming a “tree of life”.
“A story to share with the world”
During the presentation, the Minister of Culture of the Board of Extremadura, Victoria Bazaga Gazapo, stressed that “Extremadura has a story written in stone”, a story that they want to “share with the world.”
In addition, he has defended that “Board’s commitment to the conservation and dissemination of heritage is firm“.” In 2025, more than 8 million euros will be allocated to preserve, investigate and publicize our archaeological wealth, because we want Extremadura to be a reference in the management of historical heritage, “he argued.
The sample is completed with a program of activities that includes visits-workshop for families, round tables with experts and a virtual reality experience that will transport visitors to the Mustravieso cave.