Dolmen de Soto: Unique Millennia-Old Underground Structure Remains A Puzzling Enigma

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Among the more than two hundred megalithic structures discovered in southwestern Spain's province of Huelva, there is one particularly impressive and, at the same time, mysterious and puzzling.

Inside Dolmen De Soto. Credit: Ángel M. Felicísimo - CC BY 2.0

A giant, millennia-old underground structure known as Dolmen de Soto, buried beneath a 60-meter-diameter mound, is often referred to as Spain's underground Stonehenge and is one of the most extensive circular megalithic arrangements in Spain.

Its ancient history is fascinating, and thanks to modern techniques, scientists have discovered drawings on the stones, and many depict figures armed with daggers, staffs, and axes. Interestingly,  based on the investigation of Dolmen de Soto, no other single megalithic structure in Europe contains so many well-armed figures.

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