The 艩umava mountains in the Czech Republic are home to a mysterious site where Iron Age religious hermits may have retreated Sergey Fedoskin/Getty Images
A small, mysterious site in the Czech Republic’s 艩umava mountains could have been a nature retreat for religious hermits 2200 years ago.
At an elevation of 802 metres, it is the country’s highest site from the late Iron Age, hidden in a forest near a river in Bohemia. Archaeologists found it in 2011 after an uprooted tree exposed pottery fragments from the La T猫ne culture. But its purpose has baffled researchers.
Now, a recent excavation…
