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Neolithic village older than the pyramids, buried in sand

This is the interior of Maeshowe - a Neolithic chambered cairn and grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It is thought to be almost 5000 years old which makes it a similar age to the Great Pyr
This is the interior of Maeshowe - a Neolithic chambered cairn and grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It is thought to be almost 5000 years old which makes it a similar age to the Great… © Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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