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Brittany burial mounds may hide human-shaped stones as Coëby cemetery mystery deepens

For archaeologists, the Coëby cemetery in Brittany, France, is a gold mine for research. It contains several prehistoric stone monuments and earth mounds. In a new study of two unusually large mounds, scientists may have stumbled upon a rare style of funerary monument.

Brittany burial mounds may hide human-shaped stones as Coëby cemetery mystery deepens
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For archaeologists, the Coëby cemetery in Brittany, France, is a gold mine for research. It contains several prehistoric stone monuments and earth mounds. In a new study of two unusually large mounds, scientists may have stumbled upon a rare style of funerary monument.

Originally published at Phys.org

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