Lustral Basin

Notre-Dame Déesse & Le Féminicide des Héros est un voyage dans le temps qui illumine notre société. Il est raconté par un homme âgé de culture moyenne, qui s’étonne à chaque pas, et rit, ou se met en colère, comme un enfant.

La quatrième de couverture annonce « Une vaste ‘déconstruction’ de croyances archéologiques au long du Fil d’Ariane : des temples néolithiques de Malte à la Grèce de l’âge du bronze et de l’époque classique. Un essai & un récit de voyage & un pamphlet tout-terrain, éducatif et rieur. À petites doses chaque soir, il peut être utile contre de vieux maux. »

Le parcours est résumé par un crieur de journaux :
« Découverte archéologique dévoile origine machisme, viol de groupe et féminicide ! »
Il a raison, mais ce n’est pas tout, et il n’a pas lu les 13 bonus tracks, ni répondu au quiz.

Après une diffusion ad personam qui a provoqué douleurs ou exultations en divers milieux, nous publions en exclusivité sur Academia.edu cette version de Notre-Dame Déesse & Le féminicide des Héros, complète et non censurée. Nous conseillons au lecteur de la télécharger tant qu'il est temps. Tôt ou tard, un éditeur avare demandera à l’auteur de la retirer de Academia.edu où le texte est disponible en trois langues, gratuitement. L’auteur courbera l’échine, parce que lui aussi aime l’argent.

Nostra Signora Dea & Il Femminicidio degli Eroi è un viaggio nel tempo che illumina la nostra società. Lo racconta un uomo anziano di media cultura, che si sorprende ad ogni passo, e ride, o si arrabbia, come un bambino.

La quarta di copertina annuncia  « Una vasta “decostruzione” di credenze archeologiche lungo il Filo di Arianna: dai templi neolitici di Malta alla Grecia dell’Età del Bronzo e del periodo Classico. Un saggio & un racconto di viaggio & un pamphlet fuoristrada, educativo e sorridente. A piccole dosi al mattino, può essere utile contro vecchi mali.»

Il percorso è riassunto dal venditore di giornali:
« Scoperta archeologica svela origine machismo, stupro di gruppo e femminicidio! »
Ha ragione, ma c’è dell’altro, e non ha letto i 13 bonus track, né risposto al quiz.

Dopo una diffusione ad personam che ha creato dolori ed esultanze in molti ambienti, pubblichiamo in esclusiva su Academia.edu questa versione di Nostra Signora Dea & Il femminicidio degli Eroi, completa e non censurata. Consigliamo al lettore di scaricarla prima che sia troppo tardi. Prima o poi, un editore avaro chiederà all’autore di ritirarla da Academia.edu dov’è disponibile in tre lingue, gratuitamente. L’autore si inchinerà, perché anche lui ama il denaro.

Our Lady Goddess & The Femicide of the Heroes is a time travel illuminating our society. The tale is told by an old man of average culture, exclaiming in surprise at each step, and laughing, or getting angry, like a child.

The back cover announces « A vast “deconstruction” of archaeological beliefs along Ariadne's Thread: from Malta’s Neolithic temples to Bronze Age and classical Greece. An essay & a travel log & an educative, smiling, off-road pamphlet. Small doses every evening can help solve old problems.»

The newsboy makes a long story short:
«Archaeological find unveils origin of machismo, gang-rape and femicide!»
He is right, but there is much more to it, and he did not read the 13 bonus tracks, nor answered the quiz.

After a distribution ad personam that caused great pain or exultation in many fields, we publish here, as an exclusivity for Academia.edu, this full, uncensored version of Our Lady Goddess & The Femicide of the Heroes. We advise the reader to download it before it is too late. Sooner or later, some greedy publisher will ask the author to remove it from Academia.edu where it is available in three languages, for free. The author will bow down because he, too, loves money.

SUMMARY: Lecture 12 discusses the end of Early Minoan period, the rise of Middle Minoan period, and the emergence of palace centres on Crete. This lecture is designed mainly as an educational resource for college students (i.e., normally posted only on my institution's course website), the public (e.g., people auditing my course), and interested colleagues from other disciplines (to whom I provide copies privately).  I am posting it here, both as a broader access, educational tool, and especially to promote the study of this region and its past societies.  For further knowledge about this region and period, I refer interested parties to the textbooks and other sources from which the materials were extracted (see syllabus), and/or the bibliographies in these works and my online resource guides (see other files in my academia folders).  The lecture summarizes the pertinent materials in the course textbook(s), adding in other data, and furnishing numerous images to clarify information encountered within the textbook(s).  Some generic imagery (usually indicated as such) is posted to aid in transmitting various concepts visually, and/or when a specific image remains not located (temporarily).  I update and revise such lectures each time, with such elective courses normally being taught once every two years.  I try to cover the most current, mainstream views, and usually place summary notes at the end of each lecture alongside some of the key sources used for compiling the ppt.  Over time, each lecture is improved, errors rectified, and additional data placed within the lecture.  These ppt. lectures take many hours to compile, but they have proved useful to many of my more serious students and I hope they can be of benefit to others as well.  My apologies for any errors I may have made, and my liberal usage of educational imagery from professional sources and vetted internet sources. REVISED: Feb., 2024: Some new formatting, revised text, images, etc.

Several scholars think that Minoan palaces stood in close connection with religious practices and perhaps even exercised power over and through ritual. This article explores how scholars in the past have thought about power and religious practices in Minoan Crete. In addition the influence of Minoan palaces on three different types of shrines (Lustral Basins, Pillar Crypts and Domestic Sanctuaries) is explored. We compare and investigate the architecture, assemblages and distribution of the shrines. The research shows that not palaces but groups of notables in general ‘used’ the shrines and religious practices.

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