'Mystifying' ancient children's graves discovered in Norway [View all]

BY CHAS NEWKEY-BURDEN, THE WEEK UK
PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO

Intricate stone circles found to contain remains of children dating back to 800BC

Dozens of stone circles discovered by chance have been identified as grave markers used to indicate the remains of children in Bronze Age and Iron Age Norway.

Archaeologists from Norway's Museum of Cultural History were utterly "mystified" when they first came across the stone circles at a site in Fredrikstad, around 50 south of Oslo last autumn, said Live Science.

'Meticulously crafted'
A series of intricate stone circles, which measure up to six feet across, were placed together like street cobblestones but were buried a few inches below the surface. The circles were placed around a large, central stone.

The graves at the "unique burial site" were "meticulously crafted", said Popular Science, with each stone "sourced from a different location and precisely placed".

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