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Algeria has many megalithic remains, of which nearly every known kind has been found in the country. Numerous flints of palaeolithic type have been discovered, notably at Tlemcen and Kolea . Near Djelfa , in the Great Atlas , and at Mechra-Sfa ("ford of the flat stones"), a peninsula in the valley of the river Mina not far from Tiaret , are ...
Shoria megaliths Shoria megaliths Shoria megaliths. The Gornaya Shoria megaliths, meaning Mountain Shoria megaliths, are rock formations found within the Mountain Shoria (Gornaya Shoriya)(Russian: Горная Шория) region that comprises the southern part of Kemerovo Oblast in southern Siberia, Russia.
The Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari (around 300 BC). Abritus; Aleksandrovo ancient tomb; Aquae Calidae; Armira (Roman villa) Augusta Trayana (Roman ruins of modern Stara Zagora); Bacho Kiro cave
Contributors have been known to give up their jobs to travel, researching little-known ancient sites to add to the database. In 2002, Archaeology Magazine reviewed the Megalithic Portal, describing it as 'useful, fun, and accurate'. [2] As of January 2010 the Megalithic Portal has been constituted as a non profit making membership society [3]
It was a defensive settlement, located at an elevation of 900 m (3,000 ft). It expanded in the 3rd century and declined with the collapse of Rome in the 6th century. Today in ruins, there are remains of the forum, temples, basilicas, triumphal arches, and houses, as well as early Christian sites, including a large cathedral and baptistery. A ...
The location of the megalithic structures is atop a hill in the region known as Tel Baalbek. Each one of these stones is 19 metres (62 ft) long, 4.2 metres (14 ft) high, and 3.6 metres (12 ft) thick, and weighs around 750–800 tonnes (1,650,000–1,760,000 lb).
Years ago, when novelist Don Winslow first read Aeschylus, he recognized that the Greek father of literary tragedies had explored every major theme found in modern crime fiction, from murder ...
Jedars (French spelling: Djeddars) are thirteen Berber mausoleums located south of Tiaret city in Algeria.The name is derived from the Arabic: جدار jidār (wall), which is used locally to refer to ancient monumental ruins.