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Neolithic engineers built megalithic monument with stones that weighed as much as two jumbo jets

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Nature

Stone Age builders had engineering savvy, finds study of 6,000-year-old monument

The Neolithic farmers and herders who built a massive stone chamber in southern Spain nearly 6,000 years ago possessed a good rudimentary grasp of physics, geometry, geology and architectural ...
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7,000-year-old Dolmen of Guadalperal aka 'Spanish Stonehenge' reemerges after decades: 'Past emerging from the waters'

7,000-year-old Dolmen of Guadalperal aka 'Spanish Stonehenge' reemerges after decades: 'Past emerging from the waters' Dolmen of Guadalperal, for years, had made a comfortable home in the waters.
Smithsonian Magazine

Colossal Stone Monument Built 1,000 Years Before Stonehenge Shows Neolithic Engineers Understood Science

The interior of the Menga dolmen features large stone columns that help support the structure. iStock via Spanish National Research Council The Step Pyramid of Djoser, one of Egypt’s oldest stone ...
Science Daily

Excavated dolmen in Sweden one of the oldest in Scandinavia

The first analysis results now confirm that the grave in Tiarp is one of the oldest stone burial chambers in Sweden. The researchers noted that some parts of the people buried in the grave are missing ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Discover a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb in Southern Spain

This 5,000-year-old tomb could be one of the best preserved in Andalusia, researchers say. Inside the tomb lay rare objects such as amber, ivory and prehistoric weapons. University of Cádiz Surrounded ...