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Megaliths · Mysteria

CategoriesMegaliths

Megaliths

Stone circles, dolmens, menhirs and passage tombs raised without metal tools.

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🇺🇸United States

🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith

Dolmen de La Pastora — Valencina

Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (c.3000–2000 BCE) · Valencina Chalcolithic–Ciempozuelos Bell Beaker

La Pastora (Chalcolithic c.3000–2500 BCE) is the longest tholos corridor in Iberia: a 43.5-m passage + terminal chamber on Cerro de La Pastora, Valencina, built of sandstone and slate slabs with the…

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🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith

Jelling Stones

Viking Age (Jelling dynasty) · Viking Age Danes / Jelling dynasty

UNESCO Viking royal complex at Jelling — two mounds, Gorm and Harald Bluetooth runestones (965 CE) and ship outline.

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🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith

Tanum Rock Carvings (Hällristningar Tanum)

Bronze Age · Nordic Bronze Age (Bohuslän rock art tradition)

UNESCO Bohuslän rock art — 600 panels / 2500 pecked figures (ships, sun, ploughs) on granite, 1700–500 BCE.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Conguel Dolmen — Quiberon

Late Neolithic (c.3500–3000 BCE, Beaker reuse c.2500 BCE) · Carnac–Morbihan Neolithic with Bell Beaker

Conguel (Late Neolithic c.3500–3000 BCE) perches on the windswept granite Pointe du Conguel, the narrow isthmus linking Quiberon peninsula to mainland at Saint-Pierre, a 3-m passage grave with small…

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🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder

Taos Pueblo

Ancestral Pueblo to historic 1000 CE–present (Hlauuma founded c.1000–1450 CE) · Taos Pueblo (Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; ancestors Ancestral Puebloans)

Living Native American community and UNESCO World Heritage Site (1992) inhabited continuously for >1,000 years: two multi-storey adobe complexes Hlauuma (north house) and Hlaukwima (south house) up…

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Wiracochapampa – Northern Wari Fortress

Middle Horizon Wari Empire (600–750 CE, occupied 600–700) · Wari (Huari) imperial colony

Northernmost major Wari provincial center (600–700 CE, abortive) on Cajabamba road 10 km N of Huamachuco at 3100 m: orthogonal Wari cellular town plan 400×500 m with D-shaped temple, plaza, barracks…

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🇮🇳 India · Ancient village

Tekkalakota

Southern Neolithic 3000–1200 BCE → Megalithic–Iron 1000 BCE–100 CE · Southern Neolithic → Megalithic (Bellary)

Ballari granite hill Neolithic–Megalithic village (3000 BCE–100 CE) with burnished ware and iron cists on dolerite axe ridge.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Crucuno Dolmen — Plouharnel

Middle Neolithic (c.4000–3500 BCE) · Carnac–Morbihan Neolithic

Crucuno (Middle Neolithic c.4000–3500 BCE) near Crucuno hamlet between Plouharnel and Erdeven is a rare double monument: a 7.5-m classic dolmen passage grave with 40-t capstone 5 m high plus an…

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Incahuasi de Lunahuaná (Cañete)

Late Horizon Inca Imperial (1480–1536 CE) · Inca (Topa Inca Yupanqui – Wanka campaign)

Planned Inca city founded by Topa Inca Yupanqui c.1480 to replicate Cusco as headquarters for conquering Guarco (Huarcu) kingdom of Cañete valley: full Qorikancha-like Temple of the Sun with…

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Midhowe Chambered Cairn

Early–Middle Neolithic (c.3500 BCE) · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic

23 m stalled chambered cairn — Orkney's longest — with 12 compartments and remains of 25 Neolithic burials.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Boa Island Janus Figures

Iron Age (Celtic) · Pre-Christian Celtic / Iron Age Ireland

Iron Age janus idols (1.2 m double-headed) in Boa Island cemetery, Lough Erne — most enigmatic Celtic stones in Ireland.

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🇮🇳 India · Megalith

Royal Rajasthan Platform Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-07)

Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic

Royal Rajasthan Platform Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-07) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Early Historic (regional) megalithic of the Early Historic tradition, built c.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Unstan Chambered Cairn — Stenness, Orkney

Early Neolithic (c.3600–3200 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic (Unstan Ware)

Unstan cairn (c.3600–3200 BCE, Early Neolithic) is a unique hybrid stalled-Orkney-Cromarty chambered cairn on a Loch of Stenness promontory 2 mi NE of Stromness, 13 m long dividing into five stalls…

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🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith

Visingsö Stone Ship and Graves

Late Iron Age – Viking Age · Late Iron Age / Vendel-Viking Småland

Visingsö island ship settings to 35 m in Lake Vättern — Late Iron Age ships plus mounds in oak woodland grave fields.

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🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith

Kivik King's Grave (Kungagraven i Kivik)

Early Nordic Bronze Age · Nordic Bronze Age (Scania elite)

Scandinavian Bronze Age masterpiece — 75 m cairn with cist bearing eight slabs of ship and solar carvings, c.1400 BCE.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Yalape Chachapoya Fortress

Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (900–1536 CE) · Chachapoya (Levanto) → Inca (mitma gate)

Hilltop Chachapoya fortress-village (900–1470 CE, Inca-enhanced 1470–1530) 26 km SW of Chachapoyas city: D-shaped 4 ha walled enclosure 3–5 m high following limestone ridge, enclosing 40+ circular…

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🇫🇲 Micronesia · Submerged site

Nan Madol — Nan Douwas North Islet Ancillary (Pohnpei)

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime

Nan Madol — Nan Douwas North Islet Ancillary (Pohnpei) in Pohnpei, Nan Madol, Nan Douwas, Micronesia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerg…

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🇮🇳 India · Megalith

Upper Rajasthan Necropolis Inner — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-13)

Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic

Upper Rajasthan Necropolis Inner — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-13) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Neolithic (regional) megalithic of the Neolithic tradition, built c.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Mousa Broch

Iron Age (c.300–100 BCE) · Atlantic Iron Age (Shetland)

World's tallest surviving broch (13.3 m), perfectly preserved Iron Age tower on uninhabited Mousa island.

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🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith

Anta de Pendilhe — Vila Nova de Paiva

Early–Middle Neolithic (c.3800–3200 BCE) · Northern Portuguese Megalithic (Beira Alta)

Anta de Pendilhe (called Orca de Pendilhe, Neolithic c.3800–3200 BCE) is a classic Beira Alta polygonal dolmen on the Dão plateau near Vila Nova de Paiva, with seven granite uprights 3.5 m tall…

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🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city

Incallajta (Inkallajta) – Largest Inca Site in Kollasuyo

Late Horizon Inca Imperial (1463–1536 CE) · Inca (Tawantinsuyu – Tupac Yupanqui / Huayna Capac)

Gigantic Inca imperial town (c.1463–1530s, Tupac Yupanqui) on eastern Andean slope guarding Cochabamba–Antisuyo frontier: Kallanka great hall 78 m long × 26 m wide × 13 m high (largest roofed Inca…

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🇮🇳 India · Megalith

Old Rajasthan Sanctuary A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-37)

Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic

Old Rajasthan Sanctuary A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-37) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.

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🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith

Giants' Tomb of Sa Domu 'e S'Orcu — Siddi, Sardinia

Middle to Late Bronze Age (c.1600–1000 BCE) · Nuragic (Bonnanaro–Middle Bronze)

Sa Domu 'e S'Orcu (Middle–Late Bronze Age c.1600–1000 BCE) on the Giara di Siddi basalt plateau is a 17-m giants' tomb with a 4.5-m high crescent forecourt (hemicycle) of basalt orthostats and a 10-m…

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Karahantepe Stone Pillars Karahan

Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Taş Tepeler Karahan

Karahantepe Stone Pillars Karahan at Şanlıurfa, Tek Tek, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic temple complex of the Taş Tepeler Karahan tradition, built c.