Photography that brings the past to life: the Mesolithic
Frank Wiersema is a photographer who is specialized in showing what life must have looked like in various periods in history. Last year, he...
The Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany
The Lion-man (German: Löwenmensch) figurine is a prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in 1939 in a German cave called the Hohlenstein-Stadel. It was carved out of mammoth ivory using a flint knife....
Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave, Russia
Shulgan-Tash Cave (also known as Kapova Cave) is located in the Southern Ural Mountains of Russia. The cave, which contains large halls, galleries, deep...
From aurochs to cow
The animal which we know today as the cow is descended from the aurochs, an extinct species of large wild cattle that inhabited Europe,...
Ancient trade routes in Europe
Long-distance trade routes over land and sea have existed since at least the Early Bronze Age around 2,000 BC. Extensive trade networks developed independently...
Making leather from fish skin
In prehistoric times, men used animal hides for all kinds of things, such as clothing (including belts and shoes), pouches, tents, blankets and bedding,...
How to make a canoe from a tree trunk
To date, the oldest boat found anywhere in the world is a canoe found in the Netherlands, in fact in the village of Pesse...
The steppe bison: ancestor of the American buffalo
The steppe bison (Bison priscus) was one of the largest herbivores or plant-eaters in prehistory. This impressive colossus of the Ice Age, with a...
The largest hunebed in the Netherlands, D27 in Borger English
Right next to the Hunebed Centre in Borger stands D27, at 22.6 metres the largest hunebed in the Netherlands. It also contains the largest...
Prehistoric temples on Malta
As a social geographer, I am always keen to visit new parts of the world, often together with my wife. We are always curious...
