Megaliths – questions hewn in stone… Or cast in concrete? Mysterious yet very tangible. I have dreamt of solving their riddle, I suspect you have mused over it too. How should one approach such a formidable problem? Probably, as we have been taught in school – do it in steps, i.e. break it into sub-problems.
You are holding one in your hands: a perfect sub-problem: an attractive initial point to depart on your voyage to discovery.
I think, Dr. Loza succeeded in isolating a manageable part of the dolmen mystery and provided some tools to pry it open along with it. My hunch – the North Caucasus dolmens will yield their secrets before any other dolmen sites that bestrewn our planet on land, under ice sheets, on the flooded ocean shelves, in caves…
Do you know, that the North Caucus dolmens are the only ones that have been taken apart? Read in this book how museum workers tried to disassemble, move and re-assemble the dolmens. Curious, what they came upon in their endeavors?
The dolmens dangle their “When? Who? For what purpose?” teasers, mocking researchers’ attempts to crack the puzzle, but people are slowly learning to ask the right questions. And properly asked question is a half of the solution already. The author asks insightful and well grounded questions and supplies you as the reader with ample factual material to construct your independent answer.
I read Dr. Loza’s traveler’s journals which he published in a form of short stories, and I got impression that he’s been to every one discovered megalithic site. Twice! Or something rather close to that.
This genre is invariably awe inspiring, but all too often your reading excitement wanes, as you advance through this or that book, and the research question becomes boringly moot. Here’s an outlier for a change. As I read through this book I felt I was nearing some hint, or revelation, or a glimpse of a hypothesis that could aptly start tearing veils off the dolmen mystery.
If you have ever experienced a tingling along your spine bone while running your fingers along the stitches of the stonework in Saqsayhuaman , or in Ghiza, or, for that matter, in any other site with ancient megalithic structures, you will readily sink your “exploratory” tooth into this compendium of published research on the topic of dolmens of the North Caucuses. If you ever puzzled over pictures in books about civilizations of old times, this book will fit aptly in your library. The author had done a comprehensive research in the ancient dolmens area that has been neglected, but which nevertheless might conceal if not the keys, then at least the hints to unlock megalithic mysteries.
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A pioneering work on the North Caucasus dolmens
This book is a timely contribution in the field of megalithic studies. It will be of interest to anyone wishing to learn more about dolmens - enigmatic structures that are made of large stone blocks/slabs, and erected by the ancients throughout the world. Everything about dolmens is shrouded in mystery - their purpose, methods of construction, placement, art. In Search of Wonders offers an insight into these and many other subjects, keeping the reader engaged in a quest of decoding the message of these mysterious structures. Another interesting feature of the book is that it also serves as a guide, providing an orientation and giving advice to the enthusiasts of megalithic cultures who wish to visit North Caucasus. It is worth noting that dolmens are not generally protected as part of recognized cultural heritage and therefore often neglected. This work builds awareness of the tremendous cultural and education potential of dolmens which may one day become an important tourist and cultural attraction of North Caucasus.
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A pioneering work on the North Caucasus dolmens
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2018
This book is a timely contribution in the field of megalithic studies. It will be of interest to anyone wishing to learn more about dolmens - enigmatic structures that are made of large stone blocks/slabs, and erected by the ancients throughout the world. Everything about dolmens is shrouded in mystery - their purpose, methods of construction, placement, art. In Search of Wonders offers an insight into these and many other subjects, keeping the reader engaged in a quest of decoding the message of these mysterious structures. Another interesting feature of the book is that it also serves as a guide, providing an orientation and giving advice to the enthusiasts of megalithic cultures who wish to visit North Caucasus. It is worth noting that dolmens are not generally protected as part of recognized cultural heritage and therefore often neglected. This work builds awareness of the tremendous cultural and education potential of dolmens which may one day become an important tourist and cultural attraction of North Caucasus.
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2018
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