A couple of photos of what can be found in the rich Pigorini Paleological and Ethnographic Museum in Rome, one of the museums that you do not expect to find in the Eternal City but which, at the same time, enriches it with other wonders. As a local tour guide I must tell you, visit this museum because in this way you will completely get in touch with our past!

Founded on the initiative of the researcher, scholar, ethnologist and curious Pigorini who, at the end of the XIX century, wanted to create a unique collection of its kind in Europe, the museum now houses thousands of unique pieces that, usually, can only be seen on school books: stone tools, artifacts used by our cave ancestors, casts of real skulls of different species of hominids found during excavations. And then, inside one of the large buildings in the Eur district, built since the 30's  of the last century to host the pre seen (and never inaugurated), Universal Exposition of 1942 imagined by Mussolini, the rooms of the museum host many surprises and masterpieces. From human skulls belonging to human species that lived millions of years ago (like a Neanderthal skull discovered at Circeo), to the beautiful reconstructive model of an excavation, with which, based on the findings found, it is possible to establish the dating and history of a certain place. By finding fossils of certain animals, a glimpse of a Paleolithic scenario opens up (starting around 500,000 years ago), or by examining the remains of burials, ceramics or copper cookware, you can take a look at how the first communities of humans lived in the Neolithic (starting around 10,000 years ago).

This collection is based on what was found in the area around Rome, thus having an idea of how human activities were already widely present before the official founding of the city. In short, a great journey through time, back to discover the secrets of our true ancestors. There are also some Venus, small cult statuettes found in various proto-human communities of the past, still carrying enigmas and secrets. A little trip that I recommend to do in this great museum in the Eur district, an area full of other museums that I suggest you visit and that will certainly make a visit to Rome even more special.