Megalithic Portal: Latest from Romania

National Museum of Romanian History

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:48:27 GMT

. Museum in Romania

Coliboaia Cave

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:14:50 GMT

Romanian Cave May Boast Central Europe's Oldest Cave Art. Rock Art in Romania

Alex's Intrepid Adventure to the Dacian Hillforts

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:28:48 GMT

]]>. Romania hasn't exactly been on the road map of Western archeologists for very long considering the country only recently (Dec. 1989) emerged from behind the iron curtain and was only able to join the EU last year. Nevertheless, Romania, then known as Dacia, was once a thriving part of the Roman Empire for a couple of hundred years before slipping back under the control of Barbarians following the fall of Rome. Romania is perhaps most infamous for the era under Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Dracula, who in the middle ages valiantly resisted the invasion of the Turks, with often brutal methods, but that would be a story for the Medieval Portal...

Polus Tumuli

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:37:06 GMT

]]>. Barrow Cemetery in Romania

Ancient wood and ropes discovered in Romania

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:34:44 GMT

. The Romanian archaeologists have discovered well-preserved wood and ropes of 3,000 years old at Beclean of Romania's northern Bistrita-Nasaud County. The objects, found in the bed of a highly salted river near Baile Figa, have been well preserved due to the salted mud, said Valeriu Kavruk, curator of the Museum of the Eastern Carpathians based in Sfantu Gheorghe, central Romania.

Ciceu-Mihaiesti Menhir

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:48:19 GMT

]]>. Statue menhir in Romania. Location of where the about 1.5 Meter tall Bronze Age Anthropomorphic Statue menhir was found. It now resides in the Cluj Napoca History Museum.

Ardeu Dacian Hillfort

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:27:18 GMT

]]>You need to park on the main road and hike up the steep hill.. Hillfort in Romania

Mihu Tower

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:15:32 GMT

]]>. Stone Fort or Dun in Romania

Cluj-Napoca Romanian National History Museum

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:27:25 GMT

]]>MUZEUL NATIONAL DE ISTORIE A ROMANIEI Str. C. Daicoviciu, nr. 2 CLUJ-NAPOCA 400020 Romania. Museum in Romania

Sarmizegetusa Regia Sanctuary

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:34:42 GMT

]]>. Unique Sanctuary in Eastern Europe, consisting of 5 temples of vaious sizes and one 7 Meter diameter sundial. There are also two stone circles/woodhenges listed separately.