Nymph found Diverse university

THE Governing Council of the University of Alicante has unanimously approved two protocols for the prevention and intervention in issues related to discrimination due to diversity and sexual harassment. Both regulations align the academic institution with the University Coexistence Law and place it among the first in Spain, not only in adapting its prevention and action plan, but also show its special sensitivity in this matter.

A SCULPTURE of an aquatic nymph holding a horn of plenty is the latest and most important find from the excavations carried out by researchers from the University of Alicante in June at the archaeological site of La Alcudia in Elche. This was revealed by Jaime Molina Vida, professor of Ancient History and co­director of the project team La Alcudia.

This sculpture, the second to be found in La Alcudia as part of the UA research projects, is carved in marble and dates from the 2nd century AD, according to Jaime Molina, who explains that nymphs, the figure represented, are spirits or minor female divinities associated with nature (springs, streams, mountains, seas or forests). In this case it would be a naiad, a nymph related to a source of fresh water, well, river or stream, which in this case was taken as a producer of well ­ being and wealth, given that she is the bearer of the horn of plenty (or cornucopia).

The first figure was found in 2017 as part of the excavation Domus ­ La Alcudia Project. It was a statuette representing a naked woman with a cloak over her left shoulder, made of bone.

As explained by the vice­chancellor for Social Responsibility, Inclusion and Equality, Eva Espina, unlike the rest of the universities, "we have opted to differentiate the two protocols based on accumulated experience because, as is the case with the internal structures of the Office of the Vice­Chancellor ( in which we have a specific unit for issues of diversity and another, for equality) we understand that the differentiation of actions and powers, based on the heterogeneity of the casuistry, will facilitate the resolution of the files as well as the adoption of prior awareness, training and prevention mechanisms".

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