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Pre-Historic Cultures - Europe 

German Aurignac Culture     updated 07/2017     Germany

When homo sapiens moved into Europe around 50,000 years ago he started an "artistic revolution" and created the world's first human & animal figurines plus musical instruments

German Aurignacian Revisited     published 09/2022     Germany

New research results plus first visit inside Hohle Fels and further caves around Blaubeuren

Lion Man Statue     published 04/2021     Germany

It is the most amazing and oldest sculpture of mankind carved out of a mammoth ivory tusk and representing a mixed creature of a man with lion head

Nebra Sky Disc - Aunjetitz Culture     published 08/2019     Germany

Sensational discovery of a 3,600 year old bronze disc with precise image of night sky produced and found in Germany. This led to totally new view on little known Aunjetitz Culture

Poemmelte Cult Ring     updated 04/2020     Germany

This Extraordinary site is 5,000 years old and has close connections to Stonehenge and Avery in England. With a diameter of 115 meters and various circles it is the most important cult site in Germany

Goseck Sun Observatory     published 11/2021     Germany

Possibly the oldest sun observatory in human history not in Egypt or Mesopotamia but in Germany!

Glauberg Celts     published 11/2021     Germany

Celts are not a common tribal clan but various ethnic groups established a common cultural area across Europe 3,000 years ago. Glauberg became one of the most important sites when life size stone statues were unearthed fifteen years ago

Gold Hats     published 12/2023     Germany

These rather limited discoveries present us with more questions than answers. Were they ritual or cosmic calendars?

 

Megalithic Structures - Europe

European Megalithic Past     published 10/2014     Portugal

Astonishing pre-historic monolith stone circles around Evora in Portugal are the oldest and largest in Europe

Stonehenge     published 10/2019     Great Britain

It is not the largest nor the oldest megalithic cult ring but the most intriguing and most visited

Update: latest research show that monolith were not transported over hundreds of kilometers but come from a quarry in Malborough just 25 km away

Greater Stonehenge     published 10/2019     Great Britain

It is a huge pre-historic landscape with many monuments including so-called Cursus, Woodhenge, Bluehenge, Durrington Walls and Blick Mead

Newgrange Tombs     published 03/2022     Ireland

Newgrange, Knowth & Dowth are three of the most significant megalithic passage tombs just 50 kilometers north of Dublin. Like Stonehenge they lie in a neolithic landscape 

Corsica     published 09/2022     France

This island has an interesting neolithic history with many concentrations of menhirs and fortified villages with numerous towers

Sardinia     published 09/2022     Italy

Another Mediterranean island with many megalithic structures such as giant tombs and fortified villages

Malta     published 09/2022     Malta

On this rather small island numerous large and unique temple complexes were erected which possibly made it an important pilgrimage site for seafarers in the Mediterranean

Baleare Islands     published 09/2022     Spain

These islands were as well populated early on in neolithic times and have various interesting megalithic structures like the upside down navetas or ship hulls which tourists often miss

 

Megalithic Structures - Near East & Asia

Mongolian Deer Stones     published 05/2020     Mongolia

This little known steppe nomad tradition so far has been neglected. This article will shed more light on these amazing Bronze Age stelae

Pre-historic Weapons, Stone Tools & Skeletons

Paleolithic Spears     updated 04/2020     Germany

Sensational discovery of 300,000 year old wooden hunting spears used by homo heidelbergensis show that ancient men were far more sophisticated than previously assumed 

Latest update: recently a two meter long forest elephant tusk was discovered, as well as bones of a sable teeth lion, first proof of his existence in the region

Pre-historic Tools & Weapons     published 11/2019

Starting with first stone tools 2.5 million years old we show lances, catapults, bow & arrow, nets and hunting traps

Ice Man     updated 01/2016   Italy

Sensational find in 1991 of a 5,300 year old mummified body high up in the Alps still surprises us with new results from ongoing research after 25 years

First Shaman Lady     published 03/2024     Germany

After new excavations and detailed research it was confirmed this female skeleton dated 9,000 years old was a shaman buried with all her healing utensils