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The Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, this morning, along with the commissioners Gregorio Romero and Maria Angeles Gomez, the exhibition 'Secrets to hidden rocks.
Fossils in the Region of Murcia ', which will remain in the temporary exhibition hall of the Archaeological Museum of Murcia until 4 January.
The exhibition, which opens this week, aims to "disseminate and assess the Murcia paleontological heritage through careful documentation and audiovisual and a selection of spectacular fossils mostly from several private collections," said Enrique Ujaldón.
In this regard, he noted that "this exhibition is inserted into the important research work that the Community is doing in this field and shows of this interest is the future creation of the Paleontological Museum to be located in Torre Pacheco Cabezo Gordo."
After introducing the audience on issues related to the history and research, training and excavation of sites, the restoration of the fossils and their dating, the exhibition features over 20 information panels on the evolution of life on Earth from the hand of some of the fossils from Murcia's most outstanding sites, due to their state of conservation or scientific interest.
Throughout this fascinating journey of more than 200 million years ago, strange creatures know the beginning of time, unknown links, global natural disasters and periodic extinctions of life forms whose fossils discovered in Murcia reveal past worlds unimaginable today.
Among the 185 pieces that make up 'secrets that hide the rocks' we find the only dinosaur bone with more than 80 million years found in Yecla, a 'black layer' which is found in Caravaca evidence of the extinction of dinosaurs and which is one of 10 locations around the world where you can find this phenomenon.
Murcia is characterized by the richness, uniqueness and character full unusually paleontological heritage, comprising a fairly detailed fossil content ranging from Paleozoic to present, with major deposits in the North West or the cave and Sima Victoria Cartagena de las Palomas in Torre Pacheco.
Ujaldón stressed that "this exhibition, didactic, is to awaken and encourage the public curiosity about this plot so unique from the Natural Sciences keeping in mind that to protect and preserve it is first necessary to know and cherish."
Teaching Guide Conferences
To emphasize the didactic sense of the sample have scheduled a series of five conferences, which since 21 October to 10 December, analyze and delve into various aspects of paleontology and regional sites.
Presentations will be made by Luis Gibert, Michael Walter, Jordi Agustí and Gregorio Romero, among others.
These conferences will be held at the Archaeological Museum at 20.00 hours with free admission until all places
It has also published a guide to the exhibition which contextualizes and explains the fossils on display.
Likewise, and adapted for schools, an educational booklet.
The exhibition will travel around different municipalities in the region who have already applied to host the exhibition as Cartagena, Lorca, Yecla and Alhama de Murcia.
Photo: The Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, accompanied by Commissioners, Gregorio Romero and María Angeles Gómez, during the presentation of the exhibition 'Secrets to hidden rocks. "
Source: CARM
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