Controversy about the mysterious stone beach

A row of 59 large boulders next to the suspected Swedish coast could be a replica of Stonehenge in England.

>>>The mysterious giant ancient stone beach

The ancient Scandinavian people used to pull 59 large rocks to a seaside cliff near the area now is the Kaseberga fish village of Sweden. They also carefully arranged these giant stones, each weighing up to 1800kg, in the form of a 67m-long ship overlooking the Baltic coast. Previously, archaeologists almost agreed that this megalithic structure, known as Ales Stenar (the stones of Ale), was formed about 1,000 years ago, near the end of the era. copper. However, a group of experts has just proposed a new theory about the history of the place.

Ales Stenar rock beach

The co-author of the new study is Nils-Axel Mörner, retired geologist from Stockholm University, who thinks Ales Stenar may be more than 2,500 years old, and was built as an astronomical calendar with a similar geometric structure. Self Stonehenge of England.'It can be said that Stonehenge had a younger brother, but much more beautiful , ' said Mörner in the International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The team observed the sunrise and sunset at specific locations around Ales Stenar in the summer solstice and winter solstice. This may indicate that this place was built to make an astronomical calendar, to determine the time of the annual religious rituals, or to mark when to plant and harvest crops. Mörner also said that through Ales Stenar, modern humans could learn more about trade in the Bronze Age between Scandinavia, Britain and Greece.

But some other researchers point out that the results of the determination of carbon isotopes completely reject the interpretation of Mörner's group. Archaeologist Martin Rundkvist, editor-in-chief of Sweden's Fornvännen magazine, thinks the stone ship is just a beautiful tombstone. Northern Europe is home to many megalithic structures similar to Ales Stenar. Most of them date from 500 to 1000 years ago, and were built to commemorate the dead. According to Rundkvist, those who set up Ales Stenar belong to the seafaring community like the legendary hero Beowulf.'Mysterious people at that time liked to build such standing stones,' concluded Mr. Rundkvist.