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3,000-year-old dolmen discovered in Switzerland
« on: July 01, 2018, 01:37:16 pm »
3,000-year-old dolmen discovered in Switzerland

6/28/2018 11:00:00 PM

Swiss archaeologists have discovered a dolmen under the rich Celtic necropolis of Don Bosco, where the excavation of the last graves was being completed, the State of Valais said Thursday in a statement. They were monitoring excavations for the construction of an underground car park on the site.

The burial monument dates from the Middle Neolithic, around 3,000 years before our era. It will be excavated in order to clarify its dating, to determine if the immense slabs of several tons are engraved and if the skeletal remains of the burial chamber are preserved.

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