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Remains of rectangular houses and hearth-places have been found. Also found was a well that currently lies 10.5 m (34 ft) below sea-level, constructed of dry-stone walling, with a diameter of 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) and a depth 5.5 m (18 ft) lower. The fill contained flints, artifacts of ground stone and bone, and animal bones in two separate layers.
The Dolmen of Guadalperal completely visible due to a low water level in the Valdecañas reservoir. The Dolmen of Guadalperal, also known as the Treasure of Guadalperal and as the Spanish Stonehenge for its resemblance to the English Stonehenge, [1] is a megalithic monument dating from around 5000 BC and are thus 2000 years older than the earliest phases of Stonehenge.
The Pantelleria Vecchia Bank Megalith is an anomalous artifact of uncertain origin, located on the Pantelleria Vecchia Bank in the Strait of Sicily between Sicily and Tunisia, at a depth of 40 meters underwater. Studies have suggested that the object appears to be man-made.
Rujm el-Hiri, dubbed the “Stonehenge of the East” with a 492-foot diameter, has baffled experts since it was discovered in 1968. ... Theories over the impetus for the construction have found ...
It also found the massive stone structure has gradually moved away by tens of metres due to tectonic activity. Satellite images of Rujm el-Hiri over the years (Olga Khabarova et al, Remote Sensing)
This week, follow the journey of one of Stonehenge’s iconic stones, spin alongside the world’s largest iceberg, discover a reservoir on Mars, and more.
Stonehenge was also the largest burial ground of its time, lending support to the idea that the site may have been used as a religious temple, a solar calendar and an ancient observatory all in one.
It contains a megalithic stone circle, colloquially known as the Amazon Stonehenge, consisting of 127 blocks of granite, each up to 4 meters tall, standing upright in a circle measuring over 30 meters in diameter at the bank of the Rego Grande river on a hilltop. Archaeologists believe that this site was built by indigenous peoples for ...