Old Europe

Don't miss this article, with wonderful images, from the New York Times.

A Lost European Culture, Pulled From Obscurity

The little-known culture is being rescued from obscurity in an exhibition, “The Lost World of Old Europe: the Danube Valley, 5000-3500 B.C.,” which opened last month at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. More than 250 artifacts from museums in Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania are on display for the first time in the United States. The show will run through April 25.


The 'Thinker' and Female Figurine From Cernavoda, Fired Clay, Hamangia, Cernavoda, 5000-4600 BC
National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest: 15906, 15907