32 Ancient Cities That Are Older Than the Pyramids

28. Dimini & Sesklo, Greece: Europe's Early Farmers

Predating Mycenaean citadels by millennia, Sesklo (c. 7500-6200 BCE) and nearby Dimini (c. 5000-4400 BCE) in Thessaly, Greece, represent major European Neolithic hubs. Sesklo is among Europe's earliest farming villages, while Dimini boasts impressive stone walls and a large central building, suggesting social organization and defense. These sites showcase advanced pottery, established agriculture, and dense community living, demonstrating the independent rise of complex societies in prehistoric Europe, long before the pyramids were built and Classical Greece emerged.