Archaeologists in Spain have actually found a 5,000-year-old stone monolith that holds several burials and numerous severe items, consisting of weapons.

These ancient stone monoliths, called dolmens, are frequently discovered in European nations like Spain, France and the U.K., such as the 5,700-year-old Arthur’s Stone in England, and they normally have stone walls and a big stone roofing.

The freshly found dolmen is 43 feet (13 meters) long, and its walls are made from 6.6-foot-high (2 m) vertical stone pieces referred to as orthostats.

“The entire dolmen was also covered by horizontal large stone slabs, and on top of this covering, there was a tumulus [a human-made mound] of sand and small stones” Eduardo Vijande Vilaan associate teacher of prehistory at the University of Cádiz and co-director of the excavations, informed Live Science in an e-mail.

The stone monolith was discovered near the town of Teba and was slowly excavated over 4 excavation seasons, according to the declaration. A number of ossuaries (little tombs which contain human bones) were discovered, suggesting that this dolmen was utilized as a “collective burial” for several people, Vijande Vila stated. Tomb items were discovered along with them and consist of seashells, ivory pieces, arrowheads and a halberd, which is a weapon that is formed like a spear with an ax at the end of it.

The seashells discovered by the group mean trade, the group kept in mind. “The presence of seashells in an inland area reflects the importance of the sea as an element of prestige and the existence of long-distance exchange networks,” Juan Jesús Cantilloa prehistory teacher at the University of Cádiz, stated in the declaration.