The lost goddesses

  Max Dashu's presentation: Restoring women to cultural history: Max starts her talk at minute 21 or so.

Today there are many interesting archaeological goddesses in Max Dashu's talk. I hope you look at a bit of it, if you don't have time for the whole thing. 

She also did several other YouTube videos, about the Suppressed Histories of the Goddess. 

I was very fortunate to be in one of her day-long workshops many years ago. What a wealth of knowledge! She  spread a sheet on the floor,  then mapped out the ancient worlds by outlines of major continents. Then she presented each goddess culture that was dominant in those diverse areas in ancient times. It was amazing. She'd put a little figure to represent each goddess on the huge map at our feet as we sat in a circle, taking voracious notes!

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This lovely goddess is from the Tel Halaf culture which refers to an archaeological culture from the Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (approximately circa 6000–3500 BCE) that was centred in what is now north-eastern Syria, in the region of the Khabur River. It is known primarily through excavations at the site of Tell Halaf, an important archaeological tell (an ancient mound created by human occupation) near the modern town of Ras al-Ayn, Syria.

Jenny Mendez Ceramics on FaceBook

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Today's quote: (Not sure I agree with this one!)

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.  -Iris Murdoch, writer (1919-1999)

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One more shot of the trip north Monday.

My initial part of the trip going through Hot Springs NC and then to Newport TN to avoid the single lane back-up on I-40 between Asheville and Knoxville…where continuing floods hit the highway. Here we had about a 5 minute back-up for construction - the only one on my whole day of over 300 miles.

The road (US  25/70) followed the French Broad River into Hot Springs NC, where the Appalachian Trail also intersects. Here was the only construction I had a delay from all day.