BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: An aerial view of sacred stone-assembled “Labyrinth” is seen on top of Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Lyshivka hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: An aerial view of sacred stone-assembled “Star” is seen on top of Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Lyshivka hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: An aerial view of sacred stone-assembled “Star & Labyrinth” are seen on top of Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Lyshivka hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: An aerial view of sacred Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Lyshivka hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: The Kossack graveyard from eightieth century is seen in the sacred Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Lyshivka hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: An aerial view of the Archeological State Reserve of Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Lyshivka hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: The Kossack graveyard from eightieth century is seen in the sacred Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Lyshivka hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: The Hydamak Museum tower is seen at the archeological reserve in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Hydamark tower is the last standing tower from a fortress destroyed during a war against Polish Army back on seventieth century. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Kosack era, the reserve is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: A Kossack statue is seen at the archeological reserve in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Hydamark tower is the last standing tower from a fortress destroyed during a war against Polish Army back on seventieth century. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Kosack era, the reserve is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: A photograph of a statue representing the fertile feminine is seen at the Trypillian Museum in the archeological reserve in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Hydamark tower is the last standing tower from a fortress destroyed during a war against Polish Army back on seventieth century. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Kosack era, the reserve is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: The ruins of a house are seen at the Trypillian Museum in the archeological reserve in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Hydamark tower is the last standing tower from a fortress destroyed during a war against Polish Army back on seventieth century. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Kosack era, the reserve is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: Svetoyara Kachurenko, co-founder/director of Busha Toloka NGO, walks in front of the ruins of the Stone Temple, a sacred site situated inside the archeological reserve in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Kossack era, the Stone Temple is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: The ruins of the Stone Temple are seen inside the archeological reserve of Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Kossack era, the Stone Temple is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: Katia Stykalo, a psychologist and therapist, performs a ritual meditation in front of the ruins of the Stone Temple, a sacred site situated inside the archeological reserve of Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Kossack era, the Stone Temple is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: Olexandr Pirniak, a nine-generation of Busha settlers, is seen in the archeological reserve of Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Kossack era, the archeological reserve is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: An old Kossack grave is seen laying in the forest of Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: Kusma Fedchenko (R), a researcher and specialist on Trypillian culture and history, shows the site where samples of the mineral-rich soil where extracted on top of Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. Kusma explains the hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: Kusma Fedchenko, a researcher and specialist on Trypillian culture and history, shows the site where samples of the mineral-rich soil where extracted on top of Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. Kusma explains the hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: Kusma Fedchenko, a researcher and specialist on Trypillian culture and history, shows the site where samples of the mineral-rich soil where extracted on top of Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. Kusma explains the hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: Visitors perform a ritual on the “Labyrinth”, a stone-made pattern assembled on top of Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Lyshivka hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BUSHA, VINNYTSIA OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 03: A visitor performs a ritual nearby the “Labyrinth”, a stone-made pattern assembled on top of Lyshivka Hill in Busha, a village in the southern Vinnytsia Oblast that lays down on the land of an ancient Trypillian settlement dated six thousand years old, Ukraine on May 03, 2024. The Lyshivka hill lays on a Sylisyum-mineral-mixed surface on top of an underground limestone deposit that has been illegally sold for extraction to the CI-Evolution mine enterprise threatening this way, the preservation of the ancient historical and sacred site. Apart from the historical and archeological values from the Trypillian era, the Lyshivka Hill is one of the three sites displayed on the area considered sacred by modern Ukrainians and where ritualistic celebrations are performed on by believers accordingly with solar and moon calendars all the year round. Narciso Contreras / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM