Tag: Canaries

Thor Heyerdahl, theory and practice

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On 6 October 1914, exactly 107 years ago, Thor Heyerdahl - anthropologist, explorer, writer and director - was born in Norway. Let's retrace the main stages of his life, starting with the Kon-Tiki expedition with which he crossed the Pacific on a balsa raft built in the manner of the ancients, in order to demonstrate to academics the possibility of transoceanic travel in antiquity.

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Enigmas of the Mediterranean: the Guanches, the 'Peoples of the Sea' and Atlantis

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An attempt at classification (cultural, anthropological and genetic)Β of the mysterious population of the Guanches, ancient inhabitants of the Canaries, and a look at the Hellenic myths concerning the "Fortunate Islands" and the 'mythical' war against Atlantis

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