Naveta d'Es Tudons, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Naveta d'Es Tudons, a megalithic chamber tomb in limestone, built c.1200 BC and abandoned 750 BC, in Es Tudons, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. The naveta, used for ancient burial rituals, is boat-shaped and has 2 storeys, the lower chamber used for storing bones of bodies and the upper chamber for drying corpses. It was excavated and restored by Lluis Pericot Garcia in 1959-60. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13422845
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45108606
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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
