Forgotten Footprints brings you tales from lesser-known civilizations and cultures from the Ice Age to the collapse of the Mongol Empire.
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Series Recap: The Megacities of Prehistoric Europe
Figurines from the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture. Source: Wikimedia.
Welcome to the recap of the three-part series on the enigmatic Cucuteni-Trypillia culture (CT), which flourished in Eastern Europe during the Copper Age (c. 5200 BC- 3000 B...
The Ancient Pyramid Surrounded by Apartment Buildings
Welcome to a special edition of Forgotten Footprints! Today, we are joined by Kenny Minker to discuss an overlooked pyramid, sitting at the heart of Lima, Peru’s capital.
Kenny has a Master’s in International Policy and is a policy and cu...
The Collapse of Europe's First "Cities"
The raiders from the Steppes, friction from within and the end of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture
Deep within the narrow passages of a gypsum cave called Verteba in a remote part of western Ukraine, archaeologists found something that shock...
From Scribe's Quest to Forgotten Footprints: Four years In
This early 8th-century AD Tang dynasty ceramic of Sogdian merchants with musicians sums up the journey of Forgotten Footprints so far.
Exactly four years ago, I made my Substack debut with a post titled “The Bronze Age Ship of Dreams,” a...
Did Ukraine Have Cities Before Mesopotamia?
Were the massive settlements of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture indeed the world's first cities?
In the 1970s, a Ukrainian pilot surveying the landscape in his spare time captured infrared aerial photographs revealing unusual patterns in th...
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Author of Forgotten Footprints: Untold Stories of Humanity's Past. Bringing you stories of lesser-known civilizations, lost cities, and vanished empires from the Ice Age to the fall of the Mongol Empire.
Geopolitics, policy, culture, sustainability, urban planning, life in Peru, and travels around Latin America. Also birds, and plants.
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