Word: carnac
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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France. The famed megalithic stones of Carnac in Brittany have been closely studied for more than a century. There are long rows of menhirs (stone pillars ranging up to 60 ft. in height), dolmens (covered burial cairns) and cromlechs (arcs or circles of stones). Once erroneously ascribed to secret rites of the Celtic Druids, they are now known to have been left by a wiry, long-headed people of the late Stone Age who gave way to the metal-wielding Gauls. They buried or cremated their dead and the stones evidently served some ritual or memorial purpose. Last month Professor...