Cucuteni-Trypillians: A Civilization of Fire and Waves Part 1

Which civilization is older - Sumer, Egypt or the Cucuteni-Trypillian? Find out in this episode and learn about the first civilization to build urban settlements, why they systematically burned down entire mega-sites and what kind of buildings they lived in. You'll also get a tour of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine which features awesome exhibits,  cheap entrance fees and no little old Ukrainian ladies yelling at you!To donate:  https://www.wanderingtheedge.net/reviewsFacebook & Instagram: @WanderedgeukraineMuseum Featured in Episode 8:* National Museum of the History of Ukraine (2 Volodymyrska St. Kyiv, Ukraine)Museums Featured in Episode 9:* Trypillian Culture Museum (10 Shevchenko St., Pereiaslav, Kyiv oblast). FYI: the website is not great* Kyiv Regional Archeological Museum (12 Geroiv Trypillia St., Trypillia, Kyiv oblast)Sources Used:* Basically everything on the Trypillian Civilization Journal.* Serhii Plokhy, Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine (2017)* Paul Robert Magosci, A History of Ukraine (1996)* Brian M. Fagan & Nadia Durrani, People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory (2013).* Anvar Shukurov & Mykhailo Videiko, "The Evolving System of Trypillian Settlements" (2017)* Mykhailo Videiko, "The 'Disappearance' of Trypillian Culture" in Documenta Praehistorica (2011).* Johannes Muller, Knut Rassman & Mykhailo Videiko (eds), Trypillia Mega-Sites and European Prehistory: 4100-3400 BCE (2016)* Nina Koliadenko, "Substantial Features of Trypillian Art Culture: History of Research" in National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts Bulletin (2016)* Rosella Lorenzi, "7,000 Years Ago, Neolithic Optical Art Flourished" in NBC News (2008)*Cornelia-Magda Mantu, "Cucteni-Tripolye Cultural Complex: Relations and Synchronisms with other Contemporaneous Cultures from the Black Sea Area" in Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica, (2000).* Monica Groza, Georgeta Miu & Luminita Bejenaru, "Anatomical Descriptions of Human Remains Discovered in the Prehistorical Site of Cucuteni Culture at Poduri-Dealul Ghindaru" in Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii (2010) * Sergiu Haimovici, "The Human Bone with Possible Marks of Human Teeth Found at Liveni Site" in Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica (2003).