The Mysterious Moroccan Megalithic Menhirs of...

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The Mysterious Moroccan Megalithic Menhirs of Mzora The Mzora stone ring (also spelled variously Msoura/Mezorah) is situated roughly 11km from the nearest town of Asilah and about 27km from the fascinating, overgrown ruins of ancient Lixus. A small display in the archaeological museum at Tetouan is the most the majority of visitors see or hear of this extraordinary place. The age of the stone ring is unclear and there are discussions about whether tumulus and stone ring were built at the same time. Montalban found some structures nearby which could be dated to the 4th – 3rd century BC and it can be assumed that the whole ensemble of structures was built at that time. Back in those times there raised the first state of Mauretania with its first kings. The site itself is a Neolithic ellipse of 168 surviving stones of the 175 originally believed to have existed. The tallest of these stones is over 5m in height. The ellipse has a major axis of 59.29 metres and a minor axis of 56.18 metres. At the centre of the ring, and quite probably a much later addition, is a large tumulus (the tomb of Antaeus?). Not much remains of this tumulus today, the bulk of the damage to it seems to have been done by excavations undertaken in 1935-6 by César Luis de Montalban. It was he who cut across the mound in two intersecting trenches leaving the distinctive ‘X’ shaped scar visible today (Temple, Robert (2010). Egyptian Dawn. London: Century. p378). 👇 👉Follow us and tag yourself if you are interested in sharing your most perfect pictures of our beautiful country @moroccofriendlytravel Credit:® @hafiidii.omaar @walidtighazoui . . #archaeological #archeology #archaeologicalsite #arkeoloji #archeological #ancient #archeologicalsite #archaeologist #heritagesite #monument #historygram #thcentury #herritage #17thcentury #unescoworldheritage #palaces #ancienthistory #unescoworldheritagesite #unescoworldheritage #worldheritage #worldheritagesite #adventurer #hiking #wander #morocco #traveller #adventuremore #adventurous #stayhomestaysafe

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