Spain's mysterious underwater stonehenge

[Eldorado]

"Europe suffered an unusually hot summer in 2019. Seven weather stations in Spain recorded their highest temperatures ever in June, and higher-than-average temperatures and drought were registered across the country in July and August.

"However, the scorching weather conditions revealed an unexpected sight in the Spanish province of Cáceres: as the drought caused the shoreline of the Tagus River to recede, a 4,000- to 7,000-year-old circular monument emerged in the middle of the Valdecañas Reservoir.

"Known as the Dolmen of Guadalperal or the “Spanish Stonehenge”, the megalithic monument consists of more than 100 standing granite stones, some up to 1.8m tall, arranged in a 26m-diameter circle."

Full article, with five minute video, at the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200227-spains-mysterious-underwater-stonehenge

[thatgrimlife]

You know, this makes me wish I could go diving around dams. I'd love to see all the secrets that have been swallowed up by man made reservoirs, because there are places where entire towns have been flooded. It's like a time capsule to the lives lived prior to that moment.

[Eldorado]

'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam

 

[docyabut2]

https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/52785/20220827/mysterious-spanish-stonehenge-longer-submerged.htm

 

[jethrofloyd]

Göbekli Tepe has been billed as the world's first temple. This what emerged under the water in Spain could be Europe's oldest temple.

[Abramelin]

4 hours ago, jethrofloyd said:

Göbekli Tepe has been billed as the world's first temple. This what emerged under the water in Spain could be Europe's oldest temple.

I doubt it is a temple. It's kind of very small.

However:

Archaeologists have uncovered a network of 150 huge temples and buildings beneath the fields and cities of modern-day Germany, Austria and Slovakia.

They appear to have been built nearly 7,000 years ago, between 4,800BC and 4,600BC, and their discovery will radically change the understanding of civilisation in Europe, which is traditionally thought to have lagged far behind the development of urban life and culture in the Middle East.

The temples were built of earth and wood, and had ramparts and palisades that stretched for up to half a mile. They were built by a highly religious people who lived in communal dormitories up to 50 yards long, which were grouped around substantial villages.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/finds-point-far-earlier-european-civilisation-2458556

[jethrofloyd]

41 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

This may not be the oldest European temple, but it may be the oldest megalithic site of Europe.

Built around the 4th millennium BCE, the Megalithic Temples of Malta are the earliest freestone standing buildings in Europe.

[jethrofloyd]

43 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

Why, for god's sake, has this topic been moved to the "Earth, Disasters and the Environment" forum

Because the cause of a emergence of a 'temple' is the great drought in Europe.

[Abramelin]

5 minutes ago, jethrofloyd said:

Built around the 4th millennium BCE, the Megalithic Temples of Malta are the earliest freestone standing buildings in Europe.

But those temples in Germany, Slovakia and Austria are a 1000 years older.

You talked about "oldest temples", and that's what they probably were.

But not 'megalithic' ones.

[Abramelin]

4 minutes ago, jethrofloyd said:

Because the cause of a emergence of a 'temple' is the great drought in Europe.

See my example of a BF skeleton. I'll bet your azz that it would be posted in the Cryptozoology forum, and STAY there.

[jethrofloyd]

9 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

But those temples in Germany, Slovakia and Austria are a 1000 years older.

Europe's 'oldest prehistoric town' unearthed in Bulgaria

Archaeologists believe that the town was home to some 350 people and dates back to between 4700 and 4200 BC.

That is about 1,500 years before the start of ancient Greek civilisation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20156681

[Abramelin]

3 minutes ago, jethrofloyd said:

Europe's 'oldest prehistoric town' unearthed in Bulgaria

Archaeologists believe that the town was home to some 350 people and dates back to between 4700 and 4200 BC.

That is about 1,500 years before the start of ancient Greek civilisation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20156681

Heh, that's not about temples OR megaliths.

There were settlements in Doggerland, many thousands of years before your date.

Try to stay on topic, please.

[jethrofloyd]

6 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

Heh, that's not about temples OR megaliths.

There were settlements in Doggerland, many thousands of years before your date.

Try to stay on topic, please.

Archaeologists say that Sonehenge and Göbekli T. for ex. most likely had a roof structures made of the wood., And a both were part of a larger settlements. What remains today is just a megalithic skeleton.

[Abramelin]

3 minutes ago, jethrofloyd said:

Archaeologists say that Sonehenge and Göbekli T. for ex. most likely had a roof structures made of the wood., And a both were part of a larger settlements. What remains today is just a megalithic skeleton.

But some kind of temples, right?

Not mere dwellings.

Ever heard of Star Carr or whatever it is called?

Now thàt was a really ancient European dwelling. But no temple.

[Still Waters]

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[docyabut2]

 The  Stonehenges are found all over the world. but to find the very first  one, could be under water before or after the last ice age.

 

https://www.edge-of-knowledge.com/edge-blog/2021/3/29/under-water-stonehenge-found-in-lake-michigan-secrets-of-the-underground#:~:text=%2F • Live-,•,in Lake Michigan (USA).

 

Edited August 30, 2022 by docyabut2

[docyabut2]

so interesting :):)

[docyabut2]

They believe that this building, similar to Stonehenge, is about 9000 years old, but interestingly, on one of the stones there is carving in the form of mastodon, which died out more than 10,000 years ago.

[docyabut2]

It is interesting to find out where the first Stonehenge's the homo sapiens built.   

[Abramelin]

On 9/1/2022 at 1:40 PM, docyabut2 said:

It is interesting to find out where the first Stonehenge's the homo sapiens built.   

https://astronomy.com/news/2020/06/nabta-playa-the-worlds-first-astronomical-site-was-built-in-africa-and-is-older-than-stonehenge

[docyabut2]

4 hours ago, Abramelin said:

https://astronomy.com/news/2020/06/nabta-playa-the-worlds-first-astronomical-site-was-built-in-africa-and-is-older-than-stonehenge

to find them under water  before the last ice age  

[docyabut2]

https://clonehenge.com/2017/09/05/stonehenge-merapi-visit-stonehenge-in-indonesia-with-evacuation-routes-just-in-case/

[Abramelin]

7 hours ago, docyabut2 said:

to find them under water  before the last ice age  

Maybe this one:

https://anthropology.msu.edu/anp264-ss15/2015/03/25/lake-michigan-stonehenge/

[Abramelin]

11 hours ago, docyabut2 said:

to find them under water

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlit_Yam