Megaliths Topics Archaeology

This is for sites concerning the monuments, tombs, and other architectonic constructions prominently featuring very large (mostly shaped) stones.

• Yemeni Megaliths - A chance discovery of a group of megaliths on a coastal plain in western Yemen has sent scholars scrambling to explain why and how people were living there between ca. 2400 and 800 B.C. Article from Archaeology.
  
• Megalithic Mysteries - Photographic guide to stone circles, megaliths and other prehistoric sites by Andy Burnham.
  
• The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map - Features Megaliths and Prehistory with a very detailed map. Site listings, picture, news, forum, downloads.
  
• Stone Pages - Some of the most interesting megalithic and other archaeological sites in Europe.
  
• German Stonepages - Provides information on megaliths in and around Osnabrück in North Germany, in English and German. Includes hiking trails [in German] and links.
  
• Monumental Past: Megaliths in NE Germany - Web site and CD-ROM based on a doctoral dissertation submitted by Cornelius J. Holtorf to the University of Wales that explores the social and cultural meanings of megaliths from later prehistoric Mecklenburg-Vorpommern located in northeastern Germany.
  
• Prehistoric Sites of the British Isles - Christine Burnett's photographs of Prehistoric sites of the British Isles. Includes stone circles, standing stones, burial chambers, etc.
  
• Megaliths of the Grand Ouest - A photographic journal featuring the neolithic and megalithic sites of North West France. Portfolio of standing stones, menhirs, dolmens, barrows, stone alignments and other stone relics of historic interest.
  
• Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment - The University of Colorado declares an assembly of huge stone slabs at Nabta in Egypt to be the oldest known astronomical alignment of megaliths in the world.
  
• The Stone Circle Webring - A ring of connected sites featuring stone circles, megaliths and other ancient sites.
  
• A Major New Megalithic Complex in Europe - A new megalithic complex has been discovered, second only to Carnac in size and importance in Europe. Set in the forested hill-country of the Istranca Mountains in Turkish Thrace, clustered around the sacred mountain of Muhittin Baba, lies a group of stan
  
• Klaus' megaliths - A detailed collection of pictures of menhirs and prehistoric graves in Germany, with descriptions and links. Also in German.
  
• A visit to Son Catlar - Virtual visit to the prehistoric village of Son Catlar, Minorca. In English, Spanish and Catalan.
  
• Pyramids in Germany - German pyramids the biggest monuments of the Megalith-culture on the continent.
  
• Megaliths of Apulia - Toti Calo's photographic book of megaliths in Europe and specifically Apulia, Italy.
  
• Talatí - Virtual visit to the prehistoric village of Talatí de Dalt, Minorca,. In English, Spanish, Catalan, French, Deutsch and Italiano.
  
• Who Built New England's Megalithic Monuments? - Article by Paul Tudor Angel explores the possible origins of "odd rocks" found in the northeastern United States.
  
• Megalítica - Megaliths of Menorca - Photographs and descriptions by St. Jakobi of a variety of ancient structures on the island of Menorca.
  
• The Megalithic World (Russia) - Site about Russian megaliths, with timeline, classification, photos, theories, and articles. In Russian, but has links to Babelfish translation which works passably.
  
• Ancient Stones - Megaliths in Western Europe - Picture gallery and descriptions of megalithic sites in Western Europe. In English and German, with map interface.
  
• Megaliths in Western Europe - Odile Prigent describes these great stone monuments and the Neolithic farmers who built them. Plans, drawings and photographs of the different types; important examples. French and English versions.
  
• Stones of Italy - In Italy too, there are megalithic monuments.
  
• Dolmens in the Netherlands - Hans Meijer provides photographs, descriptions and the story behind all 54 megalithic hunebedden in Holland.
  
  

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