After 200 years of investigation, Ukraine’s Verteba Cave is still bearing fruit! Researchers believe that the primary function of the cave was as a refuge and hiding place during tough times. But the latest discoveries show that it was also a place of worship and burial. Most notably, they found a niche in a wall so small that only a hand could fit inside. Within, they retrieved five female clay figurines that they believe to be associated with the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, of which little is known other than that they were very advanced for their time, with large settlements, agricultural, and metallurgical skills. According to Sokhatskyi Mykhailo, “Female figurines are not rare in Trypillian contexts, and hoards of figurines are known, but these were sheltered by the tusks of a wild boar.” There are no parallels for this, and it may shed light on the ritual practices of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. Over the years, ornamented pottery vessels, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic clay figurines, stone tools, bone tools, copper tools, and various ornaments have been discovered in the cave.