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• Arajin says:

  24.12.2019 at 11:04

  Sacsayhuaman: notice how well the ancients managed to place the structures. Such precision is incredible. Walls of Sacsayhuaman The construction of Sacsayhuamán remains a profound mystery for researchers who have failed to understand how ancient people managed to quarry, transport and place these megalithic stones.

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• Dozshura says:

  24.12.2019 at 01:13

  Internal components may include portal settings, timber circles, post rings, stone circles, four-stone settings, monoliths, standing posts, pits, coves, post alignments, stone alignments, burials, central mounds, and stakeholes. Although not a megalithic structure, a henge is includes here because images of henges frequently show megaliths inside.

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• Mezirr says:

  31.12.2019 at 06:47

  La Roche aux Fées Interior of La Roche aux Fées, megalithic gallery grave, Neolithic Period, constructed c. bce, Essé, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. D. Lesec/Ziolo; Another form of the megalithic monument was the menhir (from Breton men, “stone,” and hir, “long”), which may or may not occur in connection with a megalithic grave. Menhirs were simple upright stones, sometimes of great.

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• Fenrizil says:

  25.12.2019 at 15:37

  Feb 11,  · Megaliths are stone structures that were built by ancient, pre-Christian peoples around the world for reasons which have largely been lost to us. Megaliths likely served many functions, from communal gathering places to being the sites of pagan fertility rituals. Many have suspected that megaliths were built on the planet’s ley lines to.

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• Taukree says:

  25.12.2019 at 06:34

  Dec 31,  · Megalith Number 1 is the largest megalith structure on the island, standing at 16 by 9 m. It is cut into the bedrock and covered with capstones. It is oriented to the west, and includes a long entrance, a central hall, and two chambers, with a connecting corridor. It includes windows and sculptures of bulls and wolves.

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• Kagazahn says:

  28.12.2019 at 13:26

  A megalith is a large pre-historic stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. There are over 35, in Europe alone, ranging from Sweden to the Mediterranean sea. The word was first used in by the British antiquarian Algernon Herbert in reference to Stonehenge and derives from the Ancient Greek.

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• Goltit says:

  30.12.2019 at 13:13

  Meltalith (naturally looking stone formations often with elements of intelligent design woven in them) (48) Stone Spheres and Disks (31) Cup Marks (25) Vitrified Stone (5) Leveled Platform (34) Crater that could be a Non-natural Formation (7) Structure/Formation that could be Natural or Not () Interesting Natural Formation (12).

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• Mazugis says:

  31.12.2019 at 17:14

  Apr 07,  · Towering dolmens, polygonal block granite walls, pyramid complexes and stacked circular terraces rise above the forest floor. Stone art sculptures emerge from monoliths. Humongous carved blocks, some still standing upright, thrust up between the trees. Megalithic building structures extend over miles of high mountains and rolling hills in the wild.

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