The Mysterious Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture Located near the village of Trypillia in the Obukhiv District of central Ukraine's Kiev Oblast, the ruins of Trypillia were discovered in 1893 and reported to the 11th Congress of Archeologists in 1897. This became the official date of the discovery of the fascinating Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, which is believed to have extended over an area of around 35,000 square kilometers, incorporating parts of present-day Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, between 54

62K views · 2.2K reactions | The Cucuteni-Trypillia culture was a Chalcolithic society that flourished between about 5000 and 3000 BC in Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. Their most astounding innovation is the vast settlements they constructed, with thousands of large houses covering up to 450 hectares, with estimated populations of up to 46,000 residents. Even larger than the first cities of Sumer in Mesopotamia. | Dan Davis - Author | Facebook