The Vinča culture of Serbia is one of the first human civilisations. Possibly the first to smelt copper, one of the earliest uses of a symbolic proto-script and a hyper industrious producer of advanced ceramics including the earliest anthropomorphic life size clay busts. Yet few know of the wonders of this ancient culture. In this episode, I spoke to the historian Ben Elliott who travelled to Serbia to make a film called Quest for Vinca which aims to increase awareness of these fascinating Neolithic people.

https://youtu.be/cdtSYnPoF-Q

Brittany in France has one of the densest concentrations of megalithic monuments in the world but hundreds if not thousands have been destroyed - approximately 45% of them are gone in parts of Brittany. Now we have lost 39 menhirs which were destroyed to make room for a Mr. Bricolage hardware store! Now the pro-migrant mayor of Carnac who defended the desecration and made jokes about it, is saying he has received death threats.

Youngsters have encouraged me to start a tiktok account so I am giving this short form content a try as an experiment. If you use TikTok then please like and share the video.

https://www.tiktok.com/@survivethejive/video/7251600696401841434