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Ancient religious buildings-megaliths-have been discovered in Moscow
Ancient funerary and religious buildings-megaliths-are well known to tourists who have visited the Caucasus. There, the routes of tourist groups are organized to them, and they themselves are shrouded in secrets, because scientists and historians have not been able to explain their origin for many years…
Recently, dolmens have appeared in Moscow-not far from the VDNKh metro station. However, no excavations were carried out for this purpose. Dolmens, exactly copying the Caucasian ones, on a scale of 1:87, appeared on the layout of the "Tsar-Layout"! Every visitor of the museum can see them. And to make it easier to find them – we give a hint: focus on Tuapse!
By the way, almost all the Caucasian dolmens known today were created during the Early and Middle Bronze Age from the III-II millennium BC and were used until the I millennium BC. In the simplest version, they are one stone placed on several others. The stones have a large size and mass. The most popular option is three stones placed in the shape of the letter "P". In the most architecturally complete form (which is inherent in the dolmens of the North Caucasus), the dolmen consists of five or six stone slabs and is a closed stone box: on four slabs placed vertically, there is a fifth. In the front transverse plate, as a rule, there is a hole-round (most often), oval, arched, sub-triangular or square shape, which is closed with a stone stopper, while its purpose is unknown…
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