Megaliths are found in various regions around the world, with significant concentrations in Europe, particularly in countries like the UK, France, and Germany. They are also present in parts of Asia, such as India and Japan, as well as in Africa and the Americas. These structures, which include standing stones, dolmens, and stone circles, often serve as monuments commemorating cultural or religious practices of ancient societies. Their distribution reflects the diverse historical contexts and functions attributed to megalithic construction.
Malta
We took a tour of Stonehenge and saw the megaliths.
Megaliths are large stones that have used before to build a structure or a monument.
Megaliths were often carved from solid stones and carried some distance. Sites like Stonehenge are made from these megaliths several thousand years ago.
Tools came first, as early humans began using rudimentary tools around 2.6 million years ago. Megaliths, on the other hand, started to appear around 9,000 to 4,000 years ago, marking a later stage of human development and societal organization.
Megaliths are large stone structures or monuments, often used in prehistoric cultures for various purposes, including ceremonial, religious, or funerary functions. These structures can include standing stones, stone circles, and burial tombs, and are typically characterized by their massive size and the effort required for their construction. Megaliths are often associated with ancient cultures and can be found across various regions of the world.
out of rock
Henges
There are 11 Dolmans in or nearÊ Poitou-Charentes, France . You can find a list of addresses for these megaliths by searching for them in Google maps.
A stone called megaliths.
Astronomical observations.
Megaliths such as the Stonehenge.