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https://www.wunderground.com/video/top-stories/spanish-stonehenge-emerges-from-reservoir-as-spain-faces-worst-drought-in-60FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Pretty cool!
Taylor Picker
(3,581 posts)I mean, I get that... but whoever arranged them there in 5000 BC likely put them THERE for a reason
Then in 1963, somebody decided it was fine to flood the area.
The Dolmen of Guadalperal was found in 1926, part of a research and excavation campaign led by the German archaeologist Hugo Obermaier. Scientists believe it could have been a solar temple, as well as a burial enclave. Roman remains have been found there, including a coin, ceramic fragments and a grinding stone. Axes, ceramics, flint knives and a copper punch were found in a nearby dump. According to the Spanish media outlet Repelando, a settlement was also found nearby, thought to date back to the time of the monuments construction. There were homes, charcoal and ash stains, lots of pottery, mills and stones to sharpen axes, among other objects, .
https://earthsky.org/human-world/drought-reveals-spanish-stonehenge-dolmen-guadalperal/
Triloon
(506 posts)They will be safe from tourists and scavengers once they are flooded again. Thanks for the good background info.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)doc03
(35,346 posts)ancient aliens? Ancient alien theorists say, yes