Sungir (Vladimir)
Russia /
Vladimir /
Bogolyubovo /
Vladimir
World
/ Russia
/ Vladimir
/ Bogolyubovo
, 3 km from center (Боголюбово)
World / Russia / Vladimir
archaeological site, prehistoric, summer cottage area
Sungir is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological site in Russia, about 200 km east of Moscow. The site is approximately 28,000 to 30,000 years old and serves as a grave to an older man and two children. They were all adorned with elaborate grave goods that included ivory-beaded jewelry, clothing, and spears. The site is one of the earliest known ritual burials and evidence of the antiquity of human religious practices. It was discovered in 1955 and the site underwent excavations from 1957 to 1977. Most notably, Otto Bader excavated a Neanderthal femur that had been severed at the joints. The socket was filled with ocher-colored powder www.donsmaps.com/sungaea.html
This is one of the oldest discovered records of modern Homo sapiens in Europe.
This is one of the oldest discovered records of modern Homo sapiens in Europe.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungir
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 56°10'34"N 40°30'30"E
- Krasny Val Hillfort 548 km
- Rurikovo Gorodische 610 km
- Okhta Centre - abandoned construction site 727 km
- Культурно-исторический центр "Пегрема" 760 km
- Divny (Devichy) island 794 km
- Kobyl'e Gorodishche 809 km
- Medieval Town 841 km
- Possible megalithes place "Devils palace" 1060 km
- Castle hill of Tenhola 1084 km
- Rapola Castle 1100 km
- Petrol station «LUKOIL» 1 km
- Hotel - hotel from the Soviet times 1.1 km
- Petrol station «Finna» 1.1 km
- Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church 1.8 km
- sungirskaya street 2 km
- Frunzensky Rayon 2 km
- Dobroye 2 km
- Cemetery 2.1 km
- Сemetery 4.2 km
- Oktyabrsky Rayon 6.9 km