On the territory of the Caucasian resorts in the area of Gelendzhik there are some of the most mysterious and inexplicable monuments of ancient culture — dolmens.

Dolmens of Gelendzhik — it is an ancient man-made structure, built of huge stone blocks.

Most of the dolmens (more than 40 pieces) is located near the village of Pshada — Mikhailovsky pass.

A sufficient number of dolmens are located near the village of Vozrozhdenie in the river valley Janet.

Overall, there are located more than 100 dolmens in the area of of Gelendzhik .

The weight of these non-small structures ranges from 5 to 20 tons and more.

The ancient builders used when mounting plates dolmens most simple mechanisms — levers, rollers, props.

According to estimates of archaeologists each dolmen had to build about 150 people over a period of 1 to 2 years.

Similar constructions are found on the coasts, almost all over the world, including India and Japan, North Africa and Iran, Germany, Britain and France.

Date of construction of dolmens belong to 4-2 millennium BC. Some scientists believe that the dolmens are older than the Egyptian pyramids.

Also, there are certain parallels between the funeral rituals of the dolmen’s builders and builders of the Egyptian pyramids: sometimes dolmens are the same level ground, with broken cup-like depressions — presumably for sacrifices.

Still remains a mystery purpose of these buildings.

According to the study believe that living in these areas in the Bronze Age tribes made their burial in dolmens.

Some scientists suggest that this is the tomb of the nobility of that period. Most likely they were built during the life of those to whom they were to be the «eternal home.»

It seems that every building was the burial place of the family, and the dolmen group — the family cemetery.

Caucasian tribes guarded and revered these monuments of history and culture for over four thousand years.

Circassians have a sense of reverence for buried ancestors and fear to disturb their peace handed down from generation to generation.

According to another version — dolmens in Gelendzhik, is some receivers that are configured in the information field of the universe, the cosmos. According to esoteric and pilgrims, a place where discovered dolmens have a special election powerful energy.
Presumably, that ancient builders built them exactly as shrines, objects for ritual and worship.

However, there is also a beautiful legend, according to which the dolmens — a house built by giants to dwarfs.

When you’re close to these stone «houses», you want to disagree with scientists — can not believe that such a nice energy of this place can be grave.

The dolmens — majestic and harsh legacy of our ancestors, come down to us from time immemorial; sacred places, magical power centers and mind millennia. Communication with dolmens largely makes for a fresh look at our history and ourselves.

We come to the dolmens, to worship and pay homage to ancestors, to heal the spirit and the flesh, fill our hearts and souls of bright primary source of strength and wisdom.