The old structure is known as a rondel.
Archaeologists in Prague have discovered a strange structure that dates back more than 7,000 years, making it older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, a report by News week. The ancient structure is known as a rondel – it is a large circular structure of a similar age found throughout central Europe.
While the shapes and patterns of these medallions vary widely, they consist of a complex of trenches separated by a number of entrances. The diameter of some of these cartridges is more than 200 meters, the outlet said.
The precise purpose of this circular structure, which was used by a nearby farming community about 7,000 years ago during the late Neolithic or New Stone Age, is unknown. These medallions were built between 4600-4900 BC. They have a circumference of about 55 meters, which corresponds to the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Radio Prague International.
Such a roundel is now being investigated in the Vino area of Prague. The structure has a remarkable level of preservation, according to research to date. The unbroken remains of the stockade troughs, in which the central wooden structure was originally embedded, shocked archaeologists.
Miroslav Kraus, who is currently in charge of the dig, said: Radio Prague International “Despite these findings, it is still unclear what purpose these structures served.”
“One of those theories is that it could have been used as an economic center, a center of trade. It could also have been a center of a religious cult, where rites of passage or rituals related to the time of year were performed. during the Stone Age when humans hadn’t yet discovered iron, the only tools they could use were made of stone and animal bones,” Mr. Kraus went on to say.
About 200 medallions have been discovered in Central Europe so far, 35 of which are located on the territory of the Czech Republic. The 55-meter-diameter roundabout in Vino has a distinctive floor design with three independent entrances, the outlet said.
