A tale of yesterday
The Haväng dolmen is a stone chamber grave from the Neolithic, about 5,500 years old.
The tomb is located in Haväng on the east coast of Scania.
The tomb was covered in sand for hundreds, if not thousands of years and nobody knew of its existence.
It would not be until 1843 when a storm swept away the sand that for so long time had hid the beach's secret, and revealed the megalithic tomb known as Havängsdösen.
When excavations were made of the burial chamber in 1869, human skeletons and a flint ax were found. Some believe that the tomb may have been looted earlier, because it contained so few finds, but normally the finds are relatively few in these tombs.
Even though the storm of 1843 brought Havängsdösen to light, it remains much of a mystery even today.
A tale of yesterday
The Haväng dolmen is a stone chamber grave from the Neolithic, about 5,500 years old.
The tomb is located in Haväng on the east coast of Scania.
The tomb was covered in sand for hundreds, if not thousands of years and nobody knew of its existence.
It would not be until 1843 when a storm swept away the sand that for so long time had hid the beach's secret, and revealed the megalithic tomb known as Havängsdösen.
When excavations were made of the burial chamber in 1869, human skeletons and a flint ax were found. Some believe that the tomb may have been looted earlier, because it contained so few finds, but normally the finds are relatively few in these tombs.
Even though the storm of 1843 brought Havängsdösen to light, it remains much of a mystery even today.