https://urania.institute/en/categories/prehistoric/Recent content in Prehistoric on UrániaHugoen-usSun, 14 Dec 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/prague-burial/Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/prague-burial/<p>In 2011, Czech archaeologists in Prague discovered an unusual burial. In the press, it was presented as &ldquo;the oldest burial of a third-gender person.&rdquo;</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/enfer/Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/enfer/<p>The cover shows a small carved baton made from reindeer antler, created in the Upper Paleolithic. This term refers to the late phase of the Stone Age, when people could already make complex tools, jewelry, and intentional art: figurines, pendants, engravings, and cave paintings.</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/neanderthal/Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/neanderthal/<p>Researchers still lack direct evidence that Neanderthals engaged in same-sex relationships. In archaeology and paleoanthropology, there are very few reliable indicators that could allow such practices to be identified with confidence; it may, in fact, be impossible to obtain this type of evidence at all.</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/bardal/Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/bardal/<p>On the Bardal farm in the municipality of Steinkjer is one of the largest collections of rock art in the region – the <strong>Bardal petroglyphs</strong> (Bardalfeltet).</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/addaura/Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/prehistoric/addaura/<h2 id="the-addaura-caves">The Addaura Caves</h2> <p>Prehistoric art appeared in Sicily noticeably later than in some other parts of Europe. The earliest traces of artistic activity in southern Italy are usually dated to roughly 16,000–15,000 years ago. By comparison, in Spain, prehistoric art sites are known from about 40,000 years ago.</p>