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Friday, October 26, 2012

Sweden discovered ancient rock tombs 5500 years old.

A tomb dating back about 5,500 years is believed to belong to a chief of the Stone Age has been discovered in Sweden. Tomb-old confirmed to exceed Britain's famous Stonehenge



On newly unearthed tomb beneath the stone monument are arranged in the shape of a boat name Ale's Stenar in the fishing village Kaseberga of Sweden. Scientists believe that this tomb had large rocks but were removed to build the memorial boat Viking.

We have found traces of, mainly the wounds - the big rocks ", head of the archaeological team of the Swedish National Heritage Board Bengst Soderberg said. "So my guess is that at least some of the rocks are located in the structure of the boat."

The boat  boat-shaped structure Ales Stenar , also known as Ale's Stones consists of 59 large stones arranged in the form of a 67m long boat near the edge of a cliff to the sea. Most scientists agree that this boat-shaped structure dating back about 1400 years and is a memorial to the deceased was built at the end of the Iron Age Sweden.

On the other boulder of Ales Stenar, with many drawing features found in the Stone Age archaeological sites. So scientists are open to the hypothesis that these rocks were stolen from the ancient monument than to put on here. No little rock in the amount of up to 1800 kg.

Based on the layout at the monuments, the scientists estimated the rock tombs can be up to 5,500 years of age. And the burial pit with large area that is capable of this tomb belonged to chiefs or tribal patriarch of a Neolithic period.

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