An extensive excavation of an archaeological site in the central Netherlands has revealed burial mounds and religious shrine similar to England's Stonehenge.
An illustration shows what the researchers believe is the 4,000-year-old Stonehenge-like sanctuary that archaeologists have discovered in Tiel, a town in the centre of the Netherlands.
Archaeologists also uncovered the oldest glass bead ever found in the Netherlands that appears to have come from Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq, thousands of miles away. The site from the early Bronze Age is one of the largest ever uncovered in the Netherlands and is a unique find in the country, the municipality said.
It was discovered in November 2016 during construction at an industrial site called the Medel business park and continued until September 2017. "This sanctuary must have been a highly significant place where people kept track of special days in the year, performed rituals and buried their dead. Rows of poles stood along pathways used for processions," the municipality added in a statement, according to Reuters.
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