The History of Romania in One Object / The Thinker and the Sitting Woman
Mon, May 11
|Online Event
Two iconic figurines unveil life 7,000 years ago


Time & Location
May 11, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
Online Event
About The Event
In the second installment of our journey through history, archaeologist and curator Katia Moldoveanu re-creates the material and spiritual life in what is today the Romanian South-Eastern province of Dobrudja by the Black Sea about 7.000 years ago, starting from two iconic figurines of perennial beauty: the Thinker and the Sitting Woman.
Watch the video on our FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE and BLOG from Monday, May 11, 2 p.m. EDT (or anytime later).
Katia Moldoveanu has been a curator and archaeologist at the National History Museum of Romania since 2003. She was the Deputy-General Curator for international exhibitions held at NHMR and abroad: Unearthed (Norwich, 2010), Treasures of China (NHMR, 2013), Treasures of Romania (China, 2016), Sharing a Common Future: Treasures from the National Museums along the Silk Way (Beijing, 2019), Origins of Europe. Prehistoric civilisations between the Carpathians and the Lower Danube (Liège, 2019-2020 – EUROPALIA Festival). Katia Moldoveanu is a…