September
25
/ 2022
A stunning Neolithic roundel structure that is older than Stonehenge has been announced by Czech Republic archaeologists. The remains of this mysterious roundel structure have been dated to approximately 7,000 years old. The purpose of these roundel structures still elude experts. Roundels are believed to be ‘’the oldest evidence of architecture in all of Europe” according to Jaroslav Řídký of the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. So far 200 roundels have been found across Europe, 35 of them in the Czech Republic. This latest Neolithic roundel structure, found in the Vinoř district of Prague, has an unusual floor plan with three separate entrances. Part of the structure was revealed back in the 1980s, but now almost
