Longar Hypogeum

Viana, Spain

The Longar hypogeum is a megalithic monument dated as belonging to the end of the Neolithic Age (mid-3rd millennium BCE) or the beginning of the Chalcolithic Age. Remains of 114 people have been found (men, women and children) with an age that did not exceed forty years. The corpses were deposited here for about 130 years, between 2630 and 2500 BCE.

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