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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Karahoonj Alternative Name: Zorats Karer, Karahundj, Carahunge, KarahunjCountry: Armenia Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Goris Nearest Village: Sisian
Latitude: 39.551630N Longitude: 46.028960E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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According to archaeologists from the University of Munich who surveyed it in 2000, Karahoonj was mainly a necropolis dating from the Middle Bronze Age into the Iron Age (1500 BCE - 300 BCE).
See more information at Wikipedia.
There is also a popular alternative theory that dates it to 5500 BCE based on stellar alignments.
Note: CNN International Explores the Secrets of (what they predictably call) "Armenia’s Stonehenge"
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