Mysterious 'mystical' burial place 4,000 years old in England

Archaeologists are unearthing some ancient tombs dating back 4,000 years on an island of England that is linked to many mythological elements with the monks' mysterious order called Druids.

The most famous is the tomb of Bryn Celli Ddu (t i Wales) meaning "mound in the dark forest"), which has an entrance suitable for the rising mid-Summer Sun. It was archaeological excavations in 1928 and 1929, then rebuilt.

The area of ​​thousands of years old tombs is mysterious.

Modern archaeologists have turned their attention to a burial grave about 50 meters away from the famous grave in the hope that today's scientific techniques will reveal new details about ancient tomb builders. thousand years.

The University of Cardiff archaeologist Reynold is the leader of excavations at Bryn Celli Ddu for the past 4 years, and her team will complete the fifth excavation year at the site.

Reynold, who also works for the Welsh heritage, told Live Science that excavations of an ancient thousand-year-old grave are nearing completion, and scientific experiments will now help determine the presence of any human being there.

Excavations initially indicate that the burial mound was built during the Bronze Age, much later than the Neolithic tomb, while some antiquities may be older than the grave.

"This shows Bryn Celli Ddu may have been a special ceremonial site for thousands of years ," Reynold said.

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