Stone tomb Egypt

Stone tomb Egypt
	Great stone tomb Egypt
Coordinates	52 ° 57 '28.9 " N , 8 ° 21' 40.2" E Coordinates: 52 ° 57 '28.9 " N , 8 ° 21' 40.2" E
place	Dötlingen , Lower Saxony , Germany
Emergence	3500 to 2800 BC Chr.
Sprockhoff no.	943

The large stone grave Egypt is a megalithic complex with the Sprockhoff no. 943. It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. And is a plant of the funnel cup culture (TBK) from the Neolithic Age in the municipality of Dötlingen in the district of Oldenburg in Lower Saxony . The location in the local situation Egypt is the center of Dötlinger seen two and a half kilometers northwest toward Ostrittrum , about 200 m southwest of Egypt and about 500 meters west of the Rittrumer Kirchwegs. Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development.

description

Located in a clearing, the large stone grave "Egypt" has a special appearance: the bearing stones are still wrapped up to the upper edge in the comparatively well-preserved burial mound. Ten bearing stones and two cap stones have been preserved in their original position. A part of the hill was removed during the 1992 investigation, and it was found that the access was not - as previously assumed - in the south-west, rather no access could be determined. In addition, the remains of an oval enclosure made of boulders were found . The original mound must have had an area of approximately 15 meters by 12.5 meters. The small chamber (5.9 meters × 1.65 meters) was covered with a larger mound of earth. This is what all of the smaller graves used to look like. Approx. Another large stone grave used to be located 35 m southwest of this grave.

In the area of the Wildeshauser Geest Nature Park and its immediate surroundings there are numerous other facilities of a similar type.

literature

Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 134.