#kurgans

[euromaidanpress]

Sensational archaeological find uncovers “Ukrainian Stonehenge” in eastern Ukraine

Sensational archaeological find uncovers “Ukrainian Stonehenge” in eastern Ukraine

Archaeologists uncovered 64 stone boulders and each of them has its own sacred significance. Photo: open source The kurgan is 7.5 metres high and 5 metres wide, and was probably used as a common burial place for over a thousand years. Photo: open source There are numerous kurgans scattered throughout eastern and southern Ukraine and archaeologists and historians are worried that, in many cases,…

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[west-slavs]

Reconstruction of the early medieval West Slavic burial mounds (kurgans) from Gahrow, Germany. Despite of their shapes' diversity, the funeral urns found in them were of the same type. Location of the graves in a forest on the drawing above is hypothetical.

Source: Sebastian Brather "Archäologie der westlichen Slawen", 2008 [online read].