





Here, at the edge of the abyss, the echoes of the first footsteps fade into the frozen dust of the Mammoth Steppe. From the ivory hearths of the open plains to the iron thrones of the empires, we have walked the path of the giants who built our world. We are the inheritors of their fire, their salt, and their stone.
The journey ends at the true beginning—where the earliest known open-air settlements were engineered, and humanity began to leave the nomadic life of the dark caves to build a world under the stars.
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Settlement of Parța(Romania (Timiș),
Vinča-Turdaș Culture, cca.5600 – 5200 BC


Settlement of Tărtăria (Romania, Alba),
Vinča-Turdaș Culture, cca.5500 – 5300 BC


Town of Solnitsata (Bulgaria),
Provadia Culture,
cca.5600 – 5500 BC


Settlement of Vinča-Belo Brdo (Serbia, Danube),
Vinča Culture,
cca.5700 BC


Settlement of Gura Baciului (Romania, Cluj),
Starčevo-Criș Culture,
cca. 6000 - 5700 BC


Settlement of Sesklo (Greece, Thessaly),
Sesklo Culture,
cca. 6500- 5500 BC


Settlement of Vršnik (N. Macedonia),
Anzabegovo Culture,
cca.5800 - 5600 BC


Town of Çatalhöyük
(Anatolia, Turkey),
cca.7000 - 5700 BC


Settlement of Karanovo
(Bulgaria),
Karanovo Culture, cca.5900 – 5800 BC


Settlement of Hacılar
(southwestern Turkey),
cca.6000 BC
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Settlements of the Iron gates
(Serbia & Romania),
Iron gates Culture,
cca. 9500 - 6300 BC


Settlement of Khirokitia
(Cyprus), Aceramic Neolithic
cca.7000 - 6800 BC


Settlement of Knossos
(Crete), Aceramic Neolithic
cca.7000 BC


City of Jericho,
(Palestine), Pre-Pottery Neolithic
cca.8500 - 7500 BC


Settlements of Mureybet
(Syria),
Natufian Culture,
cca. 10000 - 9200 BC


Settlements of Nazlet Khater
(Egypt),
The First Industrial Miners,
cca. 33000 BC


Settlements of Wadi Kubbaniya
(Egypt),
The First Nile Dwellers,
cca. 18000 BC


Settlements of Mezhyrich
(Ukraine),
Mammoth Bone Houses,
cca.15000 BC


Settlements of Tell Abu Hureyra
(Syria),
Culture of Natufian,
cca. 11300 – 11000 BC


Settlement of Göbekli Tepe,
(Turkey), Culture of Natufian
cca.10000 - 9500 BC


Settlements of Hallan Çemi
(Turkey),
cca. 10500 BC


Settlements of Eynan (Ain Mallaha)
(Israel),
Natufian culture,
cca. 12000 BC


Settlement of Netiv HaGdud
(Jordan), PPNA,
cca.8500 - 8200 BC


Settlement of Zawi Chemi
(Iraq), Shanidar culture,
cca.9000 - 8500 BC


Settlement of Nahal Oren
(Israel), Natufian culture,
cca.9000 - 8000 BC


Settlement of Ganj Dareh
(Iran), Zagros culture,
cca.8000 - 7500 BC


Settlements of ell Qaramel
(Syria),
cca. 9500 - 8500 BC


Settlement of Franchthi
(Greece), Mesolithic Greece,
cca.8000 - 7500 BC


Settlement of Çayönü Tepesi
(Turkey), Taurus Neolithic,
cca.8200 - 7200 BC


Settlement of Ain Ghazal
(Jordan), PPNB culture,
cca.8000 - 7200 BC


Settlement of Tell Halula
(Syria), Pre-Pottery Neolithic,
cca.8000 - 7500 BC


Settlement of Aşıklı Höyük
(Turkey), Central Anatolian,
cca.8200 - 7400 BC


Settlement of Jarmo
(Iraq), Zagros Neolithic,
cca.7000 BC


Settlement of Argissa Magoula (Greece, Thessaly),
Pre-Ceramic Neolithic,
cca. 6800- 6500 BC

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Settlements of Pavlov VI
(Czech Rep.),
the regional first known Weavers,
cca. 30500 BC


Settlements of Kostyonki
(Russia),
the regional first known "Cold-Storage",
cca. 28000 BC


Settlements of Sunghir
(Russia),
the regional first known "Aristocracy",
cca. 28500 BC


Settlements of Grubgraben
(Austria),
the regional first known "Aristocracy",
cca. 27500 BC


Settlements of Dolní Věstonice
(Czech Rep.),
the regional first known Kiln,
cca. 31000 BC


Settlements of Krems-Wachtberg (Austria),
earliest known evidence in the region of a burial specifically integrated into a living floor,
cca. 27000 BC


Settlements of Willendorf II
(Austria),
earliest regional evidence of high-distance stone transport,
cca. 30000 BC


Settlements of Mezin (Ukraine),
earliest known evidence in the region of a musical percussion instruments
cca. 22000 BC


Settlements of Zaraisk (Russia),
known for its sophisticated "basement" storage technology
cca. 22000 - 20000 BC


Settlements of Abri Pataud (France),
large-scale thermal engineering (using stones as heat-storage batteries)
cca. 22000 BC


Settlements of Ohalo II
(Israel),
Earliest global evidence of wild grain processing in an open-air hut
cca. 19400 BC


Settlements of Gönnersdorf (Germany),
The Slate Library
cca. 15500 BC


Settlements of
Cuina Turcului( Romania),
earliest known evidence in the Balkans of a "Riverine Industry,"
cca.12500 BC
