Shrine built to align with the sun on the solstices, archaeologists unearthed the “Stonehenge of Netherlands” alongside a burial mound with human remains and a Mesopotamian bead.
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Researchers also said that people used the holy shrine to determine significant dates such as festivals and harvest days “It shows that the inhabitants of this area had contact with people almost 5000 kilometers away 4000 years ago,” stated the municipality., a professor at the University of Groningen said that since glass was not manufactured in the Netherlands back then, the bead must have been a spectacular item for people to witness as the material was unknown.
Archaeologists made the discovery after six years of research as more than a million finds were excavated. The findings dated back to the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Roman Empire, and the Middle Ages,After the completion of the excavation, the site was covered again to allow construction work.
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