Pair of Ancient Megalithic Tombs Identified That Date Back to ‘Polish Pyramid’ Builders

Pair of Ancient Megalithic Tombs Identified That Date Back to ‘Polish Pyramid’ Builders

Pair of Ancient Megalithic Tombs Identified That Date Back to ‘Polish Pyramid’ Builders Photo courtesy the Complex of Landscape Parks of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship. A pair of ancient tombs have been found in Poland that point to a distinctive Stone Age culture famous for earthen mounds. Discovered through remote sensing technology during routine fieldwork in the Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park, they seem similar to a famous group of tombs which came to be known as “Polish Pyramids.” Attributed to a Neolithic culture known as the Funnel Breakers, the pyramids were constructed of megalithic stones in elongated triangular shapes and often covered with dirt. A group of particularly noteworthy tombs were found in the historic region of Kuyavia, between the towns of Izbica and Wietrzychowice. These examples, which also contributed the monikers “giants beds” and “Kuyawy mounds,” were likely built around 4,000 BCE. They stretch around 360 feet in length and form a triangle, the base of which …