Mysterious Ancient Dolmens Found in Israel VIDEO

A team of archeologists from the Israeli Antiquities Authority has found 4 ancient dolmens dating back 4,000 years.

The dolmens found are close together and appear to be built in a hierarchy structured layout in upper Galilee.

The Largest dolmen is big enough to walk inside and on the ceiling it is decorated with carvings. This is the first time a dolmen is found with carvings upon it in Israel and this makes this a remarkable curious discovery.

A dolmen is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more vertical megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (“table”), although there are also more complex variants. Most date from the early Neolithic (4000–3000 BC). Dolmens were typically covered with earth or smaller stones to form a tumulus. In many instances, that covering has weathered away, leaving only the stone “skeleton” of the burial mound intact.

It remains unclear when, why, and by whom the earliest dolmens were made. The oldest known dolmens are in Western Europe, where they were set in place around 7,000 years ago. Archaeologists still do not know who erected these dolmens, which makes it difficult to know why they did it. They are generally all regarded as tombs or burial chambers, despite the absence of clear evidence for this. Human remains, sometimes accompanied by artefacts, have been found in or close to the dolmens which could be scientifically dated using radiocarbon dating. However, it has been impossible to prove that these remains date from the time when the stones were originally set in place.

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