Brno

The traditional capital of Moravia in the southeastern Czech Republic, which was inhabited in prehistoric times according to archaeological evidence. Important sites surround and are in the town, including a burial covered in red ochre, mammoth tusks, and ornaments, which has proven to be one of the earliest Upper Palaeolithic burials known. Traces of Neanderthal man were found in a cave called Svéduv stul (Swedish Table) and a camping ground of the Cro-Magnon mammoth hunters (30 000 BC) was discovered at Dolní Vestonice 20 miles (30 km) south. There are also traces of Celts and other tribes and many Slav settlements from the 5th and 6th centuries.

[German: Brunn]. The capital of Moravia, the central province of Czechoslovakia. Important Palaeolithic and geological sites surround the town, and are illustrated in a fine regional museum. Several interesting Palaeolithic discoveries have been found in the confines of the town. The most important was a burial found in Francouzska Street in 1891. Covered in red ochre and with mammoth tusks and ornaments,it is one of the earliest Upper Palaeolithic burials known, possibly c30,000 be. The skull retains such primitive features as large brow ridges.