New Photos Of The Puzzling 7,000-Year-Old Circular Structure Near Prague And New Attempt To Solve Th

[Judi Lynn]

New Photos Of The Puzzling 7,000-Year-Old Circular Structure Near Prague And New Attempt To Solve The Neolithic Mystery

AncientPages.com | April 20, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In Vinoř, an area on the outskirts of Prague, Czech Republic, a mysterious 7,000-year-old circular structure has fascinated archaeologists for many years. Scientists have now released new photos of this Neolithic circular structure, and a new attempt is being made to solve this ancient mystery.



The first written mention of the village of Vinoř dates from the 11th century. However, people have lived here much longer. Credit: Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Vinoř Is Older Than Stonehenge And The Egyptian Pyramids

"The roundel in Vinoř has a diameter of 55 m and is unusual in its layout, as it is one of the few with three entrances," says Miroslav Kraus, the head of field research at the Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Prague.



Artist's impression of what the Neolithic structure may have looked like. Credit: Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

The ancient structure was discovered in the 1980s during the construction of utility networks, but it is only in recent years scientists have started investigating the Neolithic rondel. In September 2022, archaeologists announced the Vinoř roundel has an unusual floor plan with three entrances. It is estimated that about 90 percent of the total floor plan survived, which was unusual. “This is an extraordinary opportunity for archaeology,” Jaroslav Řídký from the Prague Institute of Archeology said. There are only 10 similar finds in Europe.

The extent of the fieldwork is also unique, and archaeologists will gradually uncover the structure almost in its entirety. Despite being older than the Egyptian pyramids or England’s Stonehenge, the Vinoř rondel is still extremely well-preserved. As previously reported on Ancient Pages, few people know about Central Europe’s ‘roundels,’ but these Neolithic circular enclosures have secrets to reveal.

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[LudwigPastorius]

1. Stone Age Sumo wrestling ring?

The berms were the "cheap seats".

[Judi Lynn]

18. I've heard it's an ancient sport, for sure!

[JoeOtterbein]

2. K n R ! Thanks for posting!...

...cool stuff!

[Judi Lynn]

10. Thank you!

[niyad]

3. KNR and thank you for sharing this fascinating information.

[Judi Lynn]

11. Thanks, niyad.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Very cool. If you hear any other info, please post!

[Judi Lynn]

12. You can be sure I will. I hope more will be coming, absolutely.

[Lucinda]

5. Thank you for the info!

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Judi Lynn]

13. Thank you!

[Hekate]

6. KnR

[Judi Lynn]

14. Thank you.

[KG]

7. get Time Team on it.

they'd figure it out in3 days....

[Judi Lynn]

15. Yeah, what's keepin' em?

[Midnight Writer]

8. A landing pad for the gods.

Hey, if I didn't say it, someone else would have.

[Judi Lynn]

16. You bet! No doubt about it!

[Warpy]

9. These sites are usually pretty complicated.

because they were most likely used for different things at different times: meeting places, placds for blood sport, defensive structures, even pens for cattle roundups. Entrances might have come and gone. The outer embankment might have been high for a blood sprt audience, low for a defensive area.

7000 years from now, the stone building foundations that survive will likely puzzle any descendants greatly, as will the bits and pieces of coastal cities sticking up above the water., they'll likely marvel at the ancients who watched fish swimming past their bedroom windows.

[Judi Lynn]

17. Glad to think blood sports will always be receding rapidly into the distance.

Would never want to know people who enjoyed them, or even see their faces!

It would be interesting to have a glimpse of 7000 years into the future. Can only hope life will become more precious and people finally will have evolved.

Thank you.

[Warpy]

19. A certain segment of society will always want cage matches and the like

just like cockfighting and dog fighting keeps getting raided here in the desert southwest and bullfighting is popular in Mexico, although they've tried to end it in Spain without success. Some assholes don't feel alive unless they see blood and misery.

Personally, I hope my own favored blood sport without any blood takes hold, combat robots shredding each other. It's every bit as violent, even more so in some ways, but it's a contest featuring ingenuity and good engineering, not pain and terror (although I'd be terrified to getting near most of them). Maybe that's the future.

I doubt it, but I can dream.