Broken objects reveal a mysterious ritual of the Bronze Age

When archaeologists unearthed a treasure of bronze-era artifacts, they must have thought they had 'hit the fruit'.

However, when a closer look, this finding seems like an ancient jigsaw puzzle but there is no escape - thousands of statues have broken and no pieces match any pieces.

Currently, researchers believe that these mysterious statues were manipulated and then deliberately smashed was a Bronze ritual.

It is thought that this mysterious ritual took place about 4,500 years ago on Keros's Aegean island and was recently excavated by the Cambridge-Keros project.

The collection of statues that were deliberately smashed made scientists believe
This is part of a mysterious ritual.

Head of this study is Professor Colin Renfrew from Cambridge. His group discovered a piece of each broken statue was taken to Keros and buried in shallow pits.

It was originally thought that the island could be an ancient burial site that had been sabotaged by bandits. But after decades of research, a more unexpected story was revealed.

Professor Renfrew said: ' When I studied this marble material, I realized that almost all fragments seemed very old and they were not the result of robberies. They were intentionally broken before burying ' .

These fragments were excavated on Keros island of Aegean.

Subsequent studies showed that the fragments were buried there for about 500 years.

Professor Renfrew added: ' The most strange finding is that there are hardly any fragments of 500 statues and 2,500 marbles made of marble' .

'This is a very interesting finding. The only conclusion we can make is that these special materials were broken on other islands and only one piece of each statue, bowl or pot was brought to Keros by generations of residents. Cycladic island '.

He speculated that these items were used many times during the island's rituals. Maybe they were brought along in the procession like symbols marched today in Greek villages. He added: 'They may have been painted over and over again from year to year.'

Excavation on Keros (photo) was conducted by the Cambridge-Keros project.

The excavation of a large settlement on the island just a few yards also brings surprising discoveries in the field of construction - things that seem to be built at the same time as the ancient pyramids and rocks of Stonehenge.

The settlements that scientists believe are built to house homes for visitors to the funeral site have been built with a large amount of marble by the Cycladic island residents at sea.