Upside down houses for the dead at Maeshowe
Monday, September 7, 2020 - 09:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New archaeological research by the University of the Highlands and Islands at the Stone Age tomb, Maeshowe located within the Orkney UNESCO World Heritage Site, has found its side chambers are stylistically upside-down from the main chamber, and therefore proposes they were built as inverted netherworlds specifically for the dead to enter the afterlife.