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Megalithic tombs near Altenmedingen (Königsgräber Haaßel)

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    July 25, 2019

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    The royal tombs of Haassel are monuments of the Neolithic, the 3rd millennium BC.

    The extensive processing area of the Steingräber ranges with its numerous local groups from the Mediterranean over coastal regions of Western Europe to northern Germany and southern Scandinavia. Those ideas that underlay the construction of the stone tombs must have spread across the lake and along the coast.

    Of the once numerous stone graves (there were more than 200 in 1846 in the district of Uelzen), only a few have survived.
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    March 14, 2021

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    A very interesting place. I just wonder if they were really graves. As far as I know, hardly any human remains have been found in the so-called "megalithic tombs" so …
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    October 2, 2024

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    The megalithic tombs near Altenmedingen (also known as the Royal Tombs) are a group of three preserved megalithic burial sites from the Neolithic Funnel Beaker culture. The sites were first recorded in the 1840s.
    Dating from 3500 to 2800 BC
    - de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fsteingr%C3%A4ber_bei_Altenmedingen
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