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Hundreds of Mysteriously Carved Stone Age 'Sunstones' Have Been Found in Denmark
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Is this ancient money?
MICHELLE STARR 21 DEC 201
The Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea has turned up a cache of treasures - over 300 carved stones, dating back to the Stone Age.
They're called "sunstones" ("solsten" in Danish), and they were found at a Stone Age archaeological site on the island called Vasagård, which has been puzzling archaeologists for years.
In use in the neolithic period between around 3,500 BCE and 2,700 BCE, the site was thought to have been a religious one. Since the entrances to the complex lined up with the Sun at the solstices, researchers hypothesise that it was a temple devoted to Sun worship.
Researchers have also discovered a number of objects they call "sunstones" - the first was discovered in 1995 at the nearby archaeological site of Rispebjerg.
More:
http://www.sciencealert.com/vasagard-danish-island-300-mysterious-sunstones-sun-worship
