July 2016, Year VIII, n. 7
Dario Piombino-Mascali
Smithsonian, eat your heart out!
Telos: Paleoanthropologist. How did you become interested in what you call bodies that have tales to tell?
Dario Piombino-Mascali: At elementary school I learnt about the mummy of Blessed Eustochia, the saint from Messina who shortly afterwards was canonised by John Paul II in her hometown along the Straits. I asked my father if he’d take me to see her and remained unperturbed when I came face to face with her. That was the first time I came into contact with important remains that not only contain so much historical and biological data, but can also be studied and preserved for future generations ...more
Editorial
If you think that mummies are a pastime for elderly enthusiasts and white haired lovers of Egypt, and a boring subject for members of the new digital generation or those of us who are slightly older, then get ready to think again. What’s more, be prepared to learn that mummies...talk. They give us detailed accounts of the lives of the men and women who have gone before us. Little stories in the Big story of the world ...more
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