Why This 7,000-Year-Old Painting Terrified Archaeologists

Oct 8, 2025
16 mins

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This episode discusses various cave paintings from the Stone Age that depict images of violence, challenging previous assumptions about the era. Explore the contrasting world of the Neolithic and Mesolithic periods in today's episode.


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