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Tom Metcalfe

5,400-year-old tomb discovered in Spain perfectly captures the summer solstice

Archaeologists found the 5,400 year-old stone tomb in the "neck" area of a prominent mountain that looks from some angles like the head of a sleeping giant. In the foreground we see the opening on a tomb. In the background we see the prominent mountain known as La Peña de los Enamorados (the Rock of the Lovers) found in Spain.

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,400-year-old megalithic tomb near a prominent lone mountain in southern Spain, suggesting the peak may have been meaningful to prehistoric people there.

The area, in the countryside near the city of Antequera, is renowned for its megaliths — prehistoric monuments made from large stones — and the newly found tomb seems to solve one of the mysteries of their alignment.

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