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The Stones Mailing List  - The friendliest archaeology mailing list in the UK. Covers all aspects of prehistory from fringe to mainstream.
A Major New Megalithic Complex in Europe - A new megalithic complex has been discovered, second only to Carnac in size and importance in Europe. Set in the forested hill-country of the Istranca Mountains in Turkish Thrace, clustered around the sacred mountain of Muhittin Baba, lies a group of standing stone complexes of comparable complexity and size, with the total number of individual stones reaching over 2,000
African Megaliths and Other Stones - Focusses on the many standing stones of the African continent. Nabta Playa in the Nubian desert is the site of the oldest stone observatory. A page on Bible references to standing stones has been added.
Ancient Stones - Megaliths in Western Europe - Picture gallery and descriptions of megalithic sites in Western Europe. In English and German, with map interface.
Bronze Age deer stones of Mongolia - An article about scientists efforts to preserve the carvings, from the Smithsonian Magazine, Lasting Impressions, Nov 2002
Dolmens in the Netherlands - Hans Meijer provides photographs, descriptions and the story behind all 54 megalithic hunebedden in Holland.
German Stonepages - Provides information on megaliths in and around Osnabrück in North Germany, in English and German. Includes hiking trails [in German] and links.
Hellenic Pyramids - The existence of megalithic pyramids in Greece was unknown to most people until recently. One at Hellenikon has been dated to c.2720 BC. Images, description and references.
Megalithic Mysteries - Photographic guide to stone circles, megaliths and other prehistoric sites by Andy Burnham.
Megalithic Pages - Guide to prehistoric monuments by Jan Bily. A large photographic gallery with introduction, maps, glossary, time table and bibliography.
Megaliths in Western Europe - Odile Prigent describes these great stone monuments and the Neolithic farmers who built them. Plans, drawings and photographs of the different types; important examples. French and English versions.
Megaliths of Apulia - Toti Calo's photographic book of megaliths in Europe and specifically Apulia, Italy.
Megalítica - Megaliths of Menorca - Photographs and descriptions by St. Jakobi of a variety of ancient structures on the island of Menorca.
Monumental Past - The life-histories of megalithic monuments in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany). An electronic monograph based on a Ph.D. thesis submitted by Cornelius J Holtorf to the University of Wales.
Monumental Past: Megaliths in NE Germany - Web site and CD-ROM based on a doctoral dissertation submitted by Cornelius J. Holtorf to the University of Wales that explores the social and cultural meanings of megaliths from later prehistoric Mecklenburg-Vorpommern located in northeastern Germany.
Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment - The University of Colorado declares an assembly of huge stone slabs at Nabta in Egypt to be the oldest known astronomical alignment of megaliths in the world.
Prehistoric Megaliths in the Western Caucasus - Prehistoric megaliths, archaeological park, fieldwork opportunities, a long-term project to study, restore, protect ancient cultural heritage on the Black sea coast, Russia.
Pyramids in Germany - German pyramids the biggest monuments of the Megalith-culture on the continent.
Stone Pages - Some of the most interesting megalithic and other archaeological sites in Europe.
Stones of Italy - In Italy too, there are megalithic monuments.
The Dolmen Path - Russia - Russian dolmens and other megaliths including maps, photo gallery and legends. Articles covering history, archaeology and mystic theories.
The Megalithic Portal - megalithic.co.uk - Prehistoric sites in the UK, Ireland and beyond. Includes a new version of the well-known Megalith Map. Thousands of images, links, downloads, maps, web search, and member features.
The Megalithic World (Russia) - Site about Russian megaliths, with timeline, classification, photos, theories, and articles. In Russian, but has links to Babelfish translation which works passably.
The Stone Circle Webring - A ring of connected sites featuring stone circles, megaliths and other ancient sites.
Who Built New England's Megalithic Monuments? - Article by Paul Tudor Angel explores the possible origins of "odd rocks" found in the northeastern United States.
Yemeni Megaliths - A chance discovery of a group of megaliths on a coastal plain in western Yemen has sent scholars scrambling to explain why and how people were living there between ca. 2400 and 800 B.C. Article from Archaeology.
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