MYSTERIOUS
STONE CIRCLES

From Arabia to across the Sahara and on into Africa, the country is dotted with tombs shaped like stone circles. Most always have the same pattern: A thick cairn, with the grave in the center, then a circle around it and in the circular path or just outside of it a significantly smaller cairn.

Oddly enough, this pattern is found in circles of many different cultures around the world. Did the people who lived here in prehistoric times perhaps want to leave us a message with these structures that we do not understand?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Images courtesy of Google Earth™


Divided stone circles

On the Arabian Peninsula there are also many stone circles divided into two, four, or even more sectors. It would be interesting to know if this was for practical use, or for religious reasons, or just for beauty.

(Geographical coordinates below the pictures.)
23.78869,40.35187
23.78869,40.35187
25.00328,40.57954
25.00328,40.57954
25.79395,40.50958
25.79395,40.50958
23.69914,39.86102
23.69914,39.86102
23.5243,39.92437
23.5243,39.92437
24.08374,40.16008
24.08374,40.16008
23.39091,39.84471
23.39091,39.84471
23.06573,40.33092
23.06573,40.33092
23.10195,40.41417
23.10195,40.41417
23.26828,40.10979
23.26828,40.10979
23.40217,40.2968
23.40217,40.2968
24.06781,40.20629
24.06781,40.20629
23.14725,40.37524
23.14725,40.37524
25.32168,40.47547
25.32168,40.47547
24.74452,40.11724
24.74452,40.11724
24.79245,40.10962
24.79245,40.10962
24.81886,40.13106
24.81886,40.13106
23.21139,40.34792
23.21139,40.34792
22.94802,40.38884
22.94802,40.38884
22.9097,40.57621
22.9097,40.57621
24.86361,40.20123
24.86361,40.20123
24.84636,40.20976
24.84636,40.20976
 
 
 
 
 
 
Images courtesy of Google Earth™

These pictures are only a small selection. All the objects I found are included in the following download (Google Earth required): Download placemarks >


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