Ethiopia: The Mystery of Phallic Stones
In 2017 in Southern Ethiopia, a team of European and Ethiopian archeologists is at work on a newly discovered Megalithic site ten times bigger than Stonehenge. In a steep constriction of the Rift Valley, several thousand giant monoliths in unmistakable phallic forms can be found intact. Dating from the 10th through the 13th century, their origin appears to be all the more mysterious. Find out the secrets of a lost civilization in the very heart of Ethiopia.
In 2017 in Southern Ethiopia, a team of European and Ethiopian archeologists is at work on a newly discovered Megalithic site ten times bigger than Stonehenge. In a steep constriction of the Rift Valley, several thousand giant monoliths in unmistakable phallic forms can be found intact. Dating from the 10th through the 13th century, their origin appears to be all the more mysterious. Find out the secrets of a lost civilization in the very heart of Ethiopia.
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