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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Macedonian Stonehenge in the village Kokino

Macedonian Stonehenge in the village Kokino

by Kumanovo, in the region of Taticev Kamen the only megalithic observatory in the Balkans was discovered. The observatory is one of a kind. The locality is called Macedonian Stonehenge. This structure served to researches of the Sun and the Moon; it was built on Vulcan rocks, on a hill 1.013 meters above the sea level. It was confirmed that this location is from 1.815 B.C. The Kokino observatory was approximately built about 4.000 years ago.
read more about observatory in Kokino

The Monastery St. Triphun -Govrlevo

Has several smaller churches within its premises. It is located on a beautiful hill and has a central position. The monastery overviews the wonderful area on the south slopes of Vodno.

The monastery is visited by a large number of visitors and believers. At about 300 meters in the valley there is a Paleolithic settlement extending over 4 hectares of fertile soil. The locality is reminiscent of a large natural amphitheatre. It’s bordered with springs on both sides. The legends have it that they have remedial powers. One of the great tsars, Justinian the First, the great antic emperor, was cured in the springs. He was born in the antic Taorisum, modern Taor.




Golden Mask Alike the Trebenista One Excavated


30 September 2002 Sensational Finding at Samoil Fortress. This is an epochal discovery for the Macedonian, Balkan and European archaeology since it sheds additional scientific light to the widely famous Trebenista necropolis near Ohrid.

The tomb and all the items found in there date back to 5th B.C. pointing to the oldest burial within the Lichnidos necropolis...


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