Megalithic Portal: Latest from Romania

Necropolis of Cernavodă

Anne T — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:57:25 GMT

]]>The famous figurines of the Cernavodă "Thinker" and the "Sitting Woman" were discovered during excavations of the necropolis of Cernavodă, the figurines themselves are located at the National Museum of Romanian History in Bucharest. The museum describes these figurines as "The History of Romania in One Object: The Thinker and the Sitting Woman".

Turdaş ‘Luncă’ Neolithic Settlement

Anne T — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:06:53 GMT

]]>A Neolithic settlement in Transylvania, Romania, where archaeologist Zsófia Torma first identified the distinctive symbols of the Vinca culture in the 1870s - making Turdas one of the founding sites for the study of the Vinca civilisation. Signs and symbols found on pottery and other objects from Turdas (often called "Tordos signs" after the Hungarian name of the village) became central to the debate about whether the Vinca culture possessed a form of writing.

Cucuteni Neolithic Art Museum

rikdeconinck — Sun, 31 May 2026 07:02:15 GMT

Museum in Romania

Museum of Gumelnița Culture

davidmorgan — Tue, 19 May 2026 09:13:43 GMT

Museum in Romania

Magura Gumelnita Tell

Anne T — Tue, 19 May 2026 07:59:41 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Romania

Sarmizegetusa Regia Sanctuary

AlexHunger — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:20:13 GMT

]]>A unique sanctuary in eastern Europe, consisting of 5 temples of various sizes and a 7 meter diameter sundial. There are also two stone circles/wood henges listed separately. It is believed Sarmizegetusa was the spiritual centre of the Dacians between about 100 BCE at the earliest and 106 BCE at the latest, when the Romans conquered Dacia, now Romania.

Parta Neolithic Sanctuary

mfrincu — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:37:34 GMT

]]>The Neolithic sanctuary from Parta is a 6000 year old temple dedicated to the bull cult. The entire structure is reconstructed at a 1:2 scale inside the Museum of Banat in Timisoara, Romania. Inside the temple archaeologists have found traces of various offerings in the form of primitive cereals. Two beautiful side by side statues, one representing a bull and another a women were also discovered, indicative of some sort of cult of fertility. What is most interesting in this place is that it exhibits a solar alignment at the equinoxes when the Sun light enters through a hole in the eastern wall and touches the bull head.

Potaissa

davidmorgan — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:24:57 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Romania

Porolissum

davidmorgan — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:55:40 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Romania

Cucuteni

Shwabb1 — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 08:22:13 GMT

Ancient Village or Settlement in Romania

Noviodunum ad Isturm

Shwabb1 — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 08:21:04 GMT

Ancient Village or Settlement in Romania

Trajan's Roman Bridge

TheDruid-3X3 — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 09:10:11 GMT

]]>Ancient Roman Bridge in Romania

Grumăzești - Deleni

Andy B — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:55:25 GMT

Neolithic Settlement in Romania

Bears Cave

globetrotter101 — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 16:53:25 GMT

Cave in Romania

Turtudui menhir

mfrincu — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 11:07:55 GMT

]]>Possible Standing Stone (Menhir) in Romania