Arkaim: A Perfect Circle on the Steppe, Burned by Its Builders
Nearly 4,000 years ago on the Ural steppe, people built a perfectly circular fortified town, raced the first chariots, then burned it down.
Europe’s Oldest Town May Have Been Built on Salt: The Story of Solnitsata
More than 6,000 years ago in Bulgaria, a fortified town grew rich boiling brine into salt, and may be the oldest town in Europe.
Kostenki: Where Early Europeans Built Homes From Mammoth Bones
On the Don River, some of Europe’s first modern humans hunted mammoths, carved figurines, and built homes of bone 40,000 years ago.
The Bulgarian Mound That Became the Master Clock of European Prehistory: The Story of Karanovo
A mound in central Bulgaria records over 3,000 years of continuous village life, and gives its name to the chronology of the Balkans.
The Hill in Thessaly Where Europe First Built a Town: The Story of Sesklo
Nearly 9,000 years ago, farmers on a hill in central Greece built what may be the oldest town in Europe.
The Lakeside Village Whose Mud Preserved a 7,000-Year-Old Mystery: The Story of Dispilio
On a lake in northern Greece, waterlogged mud preserved a Neolithic village, and a wooden tablet that may bear some of the world’s oldest signs.
The Neolithic Village Built as a Set of Concentric Rings: The Story of Dimini
Nearly 6,000 years ago in Thessaly, a community built its home as a series of nested stone rings converging on a central hall.
