The caves of Balzi Rossi - 6
The Grimaldi Venus, fashioned in serpentine and depicting a pregnant woman.
Horse engraving in one of the caves
18 November 2007
The Grimaldi Venus, fashioned in serpentine and depicting a pregnant woman.Horse engraving in one of the caves
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Je suis un peu claustrophobe, donc il me serait difficile de m'intéresser à des grottes.
ReplyDeleteIt would be very hard for me to visit caves. I would stifle.
Très beau reportage!
ReplyDeletethese were fascinating, will be back to see the finale!
ReplyDeleteSuch a treat to explore these caves, with you doing the walking and second-hand-smoke thing on our behalf... Do you think the border was drawn just there between Italy and France, exactly because of the wildly different terrain? And finally, I so appreciate seeing your photos of the landscape of a wonderful novel, Mary Doria Russell's "A Thread of Grace." Thanks, Jilly.
ReplyDeleteJilly, your English is just fine, please don't change a thing! And these posts and pictures have been wonderful. It makes me want to visit this area, so you are doing a great job! Thanks so much,
ReplyDeleteWayne
This cave series is captivating!
ReplyDeleteI had a few friends who went caving a few weeks ago, and they showed us the pictures, now with more pictures from you, it's tempting!!
Teri, thankyou for mentioning this book. I'd not heard of it but will now look out for it.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, the border is where the Alpes comes down to the sea. The roads along the various corniches are full of tunnels - in France and Italy as they cut through the mountains.
The Grimaldi family - it's the same one we are familiar with here?
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking us here - and showing us the pregnant figurine - I like her roundness, her fertile features. Next to the sleek horse drawing the difference between male and female seems quite pronounced.
Annie - yes. That's the Grimaldi family of Monaco.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun so much to see!!!
ReplyDeleteBut wait for me - I think I'm lost!!!!
these were fascinating, will be back to see the finale!
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