There is a strange stone cairn at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee. It was discovered more than ten years ago, but information about it is only now becoming public.
The cairn (a stacked pile of rocks) is estimated to be 32 feet tall and is cone-shaped. It is huge, with a diameter of 230 feet at its base. Built of stacked, rough basalt cobbles and boulders, its weight is estimated at 60,000 tons.
It is probable that the mysterious cairn was built when sea levels were lower and most likely is more than 4,000 yearsold, although investigations into its actual age are still underway. Archaeologists are hoping to find artifacts or other evidence to help them identify the cairn’s purpose.
Similar cairns often mark graves. If that is the case, the individual buried there would have had a high status
deserving of such a massive structure. It is also possible, of course, that the cairn was dedicated to an entire family group.
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