What is your favorite European megalithic? (other than Stonehenge)
On Monday, February 18, 2013 9:18:45 PM UTC, Jack Campin wrote:
What is your favorite megalithic in Europe? And why? Other than
Stonehenge, that is -- that could be an easy choice already.
Tarxien (and other sites), Malta.
Absolutely incomparable - and, I believe, the oldest.
A little way outside Europe, but Gobekli Tepe near Urfa makes
Tarxien and Stonehenge look as modern as a Wal-Mart.
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Yep, was there some dozen years back. Fascinating & incredibly ancient, but I didn't find it physically imposing.
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