Megalithic throne in the vicinity of Sochi (Russia) - archeologists believe that it refers to the period 3-4 centuries BC and a contemporary of dolmens and pyramids. Sacrificial stone block of sandstone represents in terms of having a shape of a triangle, each side of which a length of about 5 m, the height of about 1.5 meters above ground level. In the north-eastern edge of it are carved two recesses in the shape of the seats. Behind the seats on the upper surface of the stone made two parallel trough-shaped recess of up to 2 m and a width of one meter. It also knocked out four holes, cup-shaped recess diameter of 0.2 m and a symbol of the Atlantic in the form of a trident. The seats of a monument have azimuth 60 ° and mark the sunrise over the mountainside at the summer solstice. This is an important astronomical direction is often marked facades dolmens. It is believed that this structure was intended to carry out the type of the Eleusinian mysteries - the sacrament the dying and reviving goddess - land. Two seats were intended for the priestesses perform the role of goddesses, trough-shaped recess behind the seats - for a symbolic sacrifice. Nearby are two sacred source of glandular and sulfuric water. Seat next to a gigantic white poplar grows about 9 meters in circumference. Typically, poplar live 200-250 years, but recorded that this poplar tree more than 450 years. The tree has a vertex in the form of a trident and has always been considered sacred by the local people.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:11:54 +0000
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