Israel discovered in an older than the pyramids … memorial – Reuters

MADRID, Sept. 16 (EUROPA PRESS) –

A doctoral student of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ido Wachtel, has discovered a stone monument in the form of a crescent, which dates back 5,000 years. As shown by pottery excavated in the structure, creation dates include the 3050 and 2650 BC, which means that was built before the pyramids of Egypt or the famous Stonehenge in the UK.

Located about 13 kilometers northwest of the Sea of ​​Galilee, the massive structure has a volume of 14,000 cubic meters and a length of about 150 meters, which is longer than a field football.

Previously, archaeologists thought that the structure was part of a city wall, but recent work conducted by Wachtel, indicating no town next to it and the structure is a permanent memorial.

“ This site was used to mark possession and assert the authority and rights over natural resources by local rural population,” , explained Wachtel , as recorded by the publication ‘Live Science’ . The researcher presented the results at a presentation held recently at the International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East.

The author stressed that the crescent could have a symbolic significance as the satellite a crescent is a symbol of ancient Mesopotamia, specifically refers to the god of the moon.

Similarly, he noted that, an old town called Bet Yerah ( which translates as “house of the god of the moon”) is only a day’s walk from the monument found. In his view, the monument may have helped to mark the boundaries of the city.

50,000 DAYS TO WORK

For the size of the structure, estimated Wachtel that the days of labor invested in construction is between 35,000 and 50,000, in the case of the highest. “If the lower estimate is correct, it means that A team of 200 workers would have needed more than five months to build the monument, a task that would be difficult for people who depended for subsistence crops “he noted.

The author has stated that” the people of this time were required most of the year working for agriculture, “Wachtel said.

OTHER STRUCTURES TO STUDY

In addition, the team has found other rock structures not far from the monument. One of them, called el-Hiri Rujum has four circles with a larger center stone. The date of this structure is a topic of discussion yet.

Another stone monument, a giant mound that weighs more than 60,000 tons, was recently discovered under the water of the Sea of ​​Galilee . Its date of construction is unknown, but as the structure in the form of a crescent, is located near Bet Yerah.