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AuthorMassive 5000-year-old Stone Monument revealed in Israel
Andy B



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 Posted 17-09-2014 at 20:04   
A lunar-crescent-shaped stone monument that dates back around 5,000 years has been identified in Israel.



Located about 8 miles (13 kilometers) northwest of the Sea of Galilee, the structure is massive — its volume is about 14,000 cubic meters (almost 500,000 cubic feet) and it has a length of about 150 meters (492 feet)

"The proposed interpretation for the site is that it constituted a prominent landmark in its natural landscape, serving to mark possession and to assert authority and rights over natural resources by a local rural or pastoral population," Wachtel wrote in the summary of a presentation given recently at the International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East.

More at LiveScience
http://www.livescience.com/47835-massive-5-000-year-old-stone-monument-revealed-in-israel.html

[We may well have some of the sites referenced already listed - I haven't had the chance to check. It's visible from the air so shouldn't be too hard to locate]

With thanks to Mary B for the link, she writes: "Just trying to do my part to make the Megalithic Portal the best website of its kind! This is really fascinating."

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 Posted 17-09-2014 at 21:08   
Here...


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[Thanks David ll=32.939314,35.426735 ]

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 Posted 19-09-2014 at 23:49   
That is pretty incredible, I don't think I can ever recall hearing of a lunar shaped cairn before




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 Posted 03-10-2014 at 14:33   
motist writes:

All the lunar crescents I know are pointing upwards, the one found points downwards

Site page created - thanks Moti
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=36397

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