LITHOS
The permanence of the imperishable.
Echoes of oblivion. The ruins of a castle devoured by fire, ancient stones, vestiges of vanished cultures and keepers of secrets. For nearly two thousand years before the Roman invasion in 123 BC, the Talaiotic islanders of Menorca dug extensive cliff tombs, built majestic stone temples and collective funerary monuments that have remained to this day as a testament to an extraordinary Mediterranean civilisation about which very little is known. The city of Paquimé was abandoned sometime in the 13th century, threatened with annihilation by warring tribes from the south; the ancient Anasazi built architectural complexes on the walls of deep canyons only to desert them 700 years ago. The ruins of mediaeval fortresses that dot the landscape of the Iberian Peninsula, clear evidence of a history steeped in violence.
