The visitors will have an opportunity to learn of the ways how are the archeologist able to reconstruct past lives, based on the anthropological findings and materials from graves. Burrial rituals are presented, and some light has been shed on the possible professions and habits of the deceased, as well as, their social status. The deceased were citizens of Ancient Zadar, where more than 2,000 graves from the period have been explored.

Four graves, with intriguing materials for the reconstruction of life at the time, were selected: “Who was the person in grave 11?”, “One grave, four names, five stories”, “Who had brought syphilis to Zadar? Surely not Columbus?” and “A lady from Relja”.

Dušanka Stajkić was born in 1950 in Temerin. She completed the studies of the Russian Language and Literature in Belgrade and spent the greatest part of her career at the Belgrade City Museum. She has painted since her childhood, having made her first steps as a painter at art classes at the Njegoš Primary School in Požarevac, under the guidance of her teacher, Vojislav Nedeljković, an academy-trained graphic artist. Captivated by the Gallery of Milena Pavlović Barili in Požarevac, Dušanka spent her days looking at paintings and absorbing the extraordinary vibrant and fantastic scenes painted by this famous painter.