Spain’s severe drought has revealed an ancient stone circle located in a dam with low water levels.
The Dolmen of Guadalperal, also known as the “Spanish Stonehenge,” is thought to date back to 5,000 BC, NBC News“It’s a surprise, it’s a rare opportunity to be able to access it,” according to archaeologist Enrique Cedillo of Madrid’s Complutense University, who is studying the structure.the stones erected in a huge circle. In the center were more upright stones clustered together:in 2019:
Likely used as both a temple and cemetery, the monument once featured menhirs, or tall upright stones, topped by horizontal slabs of stone to form an enclosed dolmen, which is a single-chambered tomb. An engraved menhir stood guard at the structure’s entrance, while a pebble wall later built around the dolmen cemented its status as a collective burial site.
German archeologist Hugo Obermaier discovered the site in 1926. However, the area flooded in the early 1960s because of a development project during Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, the NBC article said.'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam
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