before 3000 BCE

Prehistoric sites in Europe

3 Prehistoric sites in Europe: Lascaux Cave, Skara Brae and Stonehenge. From Ice Age cave painters to the first farmers and monument builders.

Prehistoric elsewhere: Asia (3) Oceania (1)

France · c. 17,000 years ago

Some of the finest Palaeolithic cave art ever found — seen today through a full-scale replica.

United Kingdom · c. 3180–2500 BCE

Stone beds, dressers and hearths in Neolithic houses revealed by a storm in 1850.

United Kingdom · c. 3000–1500 BCE

Built and rebuilt over many centuries, with stones hauled from as far away as Wales.

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