http://www.radio4all.net/program/121200Podcast for Program: WINGS #30-25 The Language of MA Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:06:54 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/121200Over the course of more than 40,000 years, there have been millions of statues representing female figures created - and found - around the world. Dutch scholar Annine van der Meer, founder of the Pan Sofia Institute, collected many of their images and unravelled what she and other scholars have determined was - and in places still is - a ritual connecting generations of mothers with their ancestors and clan mothers. She mocks the conclusions of archaeologists that these are sex symbols or mere portraits, and calls for them to consult with anthropologists such as Maria Gimbutas. References to images of body parts use only formal language.WINGS: Women's International News Gathering ServiceMon, 03 Nov 2025 09:06:54 +0000