Swedish Stonehenge? Stone Age tomb may predate English site

Monday, October 22, 2012 - 12:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A 5,500-year-old tomb possibly belonging to a Stone Age chieftain has been unearthed at a megalithic monument in the shape of a ship called the Ale's Stenar (Ale's Stones). The tomb, in Sweden, was likely robbed of stones to build the Viking-era ship monument.

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