Six thousand years ago, in what is now Southern Spain, industrious residents built the Dolmen of Menga, a massive stone building that survives intact to this day, despite its location in an active earthquake zone.
A thousand years later and 1300 miles to the north, the architects of Stonehenge dragged massive boulders 500 miles from Scotland to Southern England. New research into the design specifications of the Dolmen and to the origin of Stonehenge’s altar stone sheds new light about the skills and technologies of neolithic builders.
Photo by Pedro J Pacheco (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pedro_J_Pacheco) Interior of the dolmen, looking outwards Dolmen of Menga. Antequera Dolmens Site https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Roff Smith, courtesy of Roff Smith. Photo of Stonehenge courtesy of Roff Smith
Roff Smith studied geology and archaeology, but now works as a freelance reporter and photographer and writes for the journal Nature. Roff Smith joined The 8 O’Clock Buzz from his home in England.
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