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Sumba Megalithic Tombs

MegalithicAsia

Living megalithic tradition on Sumba island in eastern Indonesia. Massive stone slab tombs (some weighing 70 tons) are still constructed today using traditional methods. The continuity of the practice from at least the late Neolithic into the 21st century is anthropologically unique.

-9.6667°, 119.4000°

Look Closer — this site carries open questions: stones heavier than the period's tools could lift.
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