Werner Herzog's 2011 film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, about the painted caves at Chauvet, France brought a glimpse of Europe's extraordinary prehistory to a popul

Europe before Rome uses the extraordinary archaeology of prehistoric Europe to explore questions about the origins and evolution of human society

An international team of expert contributors provides both an introduction to and an interpretation of the key themes and developments in the history of Europe,

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A narrative history of the origins of Western civilization argues that Europe was transformed in the tenth century from a continent rife with violence and ignor