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More than 6000 years ago a mysterious culture spread along the Danube river. The figures of the Vinca culture show strange creatures with big eyes and strange clothing. What was the motivation of the artists to depict such mysterious creatures?

S01E04 Myof the Vinca

In Valcamonica, the largest prehistoric archive in Old Europe has been created with around 350,000 rock paintings. Some of these rock paintings depict curious creatures with helmets or ray wreaths. These are called "Astronauti" by the locals.

S01E03 Ain Valcamonica

Again and again, old, mysterious graves are opened in the Alpine region. Odd, greatly enlarged skulls are often found. In many cultures, the skulls of children were artificially deformed. What were the models for this?

S01E02 of the AuElongated Skulls

For about 2000 years there have been reports of miraculous celestial phenomena. Does this phenomenon perhaps only specify something in the religious sense, which actually has a completely different meaning?

Ancient European Mysteries