Prehistoric Europe refers to Europe before the start of written records, beginning in the Lower Paleolithic. As history progresses, considerable regional unevenness in cultural development emerges and grows. The region of the eastern Mediterranean is, due to its geographic proximity, greatly influenced and inspired by the classical Middle Eastern civilizations, and adopts and develops the earliest systems of communal organization and writing. The Histories of Herodotus is the oldest known European text that seeks to systematically record traditions, public affairs and notable events.
Tarxien Temples, Malta, around 3150 BC
Acheulean hand axes and hand axe-like implements, flint, 800,000–300,000 BC
Lascaux cave painting, Magdalenian, 15,000 BC
Adorant from the Geißenklösterle cave, Aurignacian, 42,000 to 40,000 BC
Lepenski Vir, located in Serbia, is an important archaeological site of the Lepenski Vir culture. It includes Mesolithic Iron Gates Hunter-Gatherers period and transition to Early Neolithic Early European Farmers period of the Balkans.
Displaced site under glass roof
Lepenski Vir
Trescovăț cliff
Replica of a house