Les Graines de l'au-delà. Domestiquer les plantes au Proche-Orient. Architecture – paysage At the MAS Antwerp

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This "Lesson in Civilization" is situated at the junction of the two richest legacies that Antiquity has bequeathed to us: the Egyptian heritage and the Greek heritage

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Les Graines de l'au-delà. Domestiquer les plantes au Proche-Orient. Architecture – paysage At the MAS AntwerpWhy did humans begin cultivating plants that grew in abundance around them? And how did the idea of transforming wild plants into domesticated plants first arise? This book provides a new answer to these old questions. It shows that the cultivation of plants in the Near East was not a response to food security concerns. It reflected a desire to transfer the vital forces of the deceased to plants sprouting on graves. More than 12,000 years ago, such a