Stone Spheres

Posted in History,Oddities by Greg Ross on November 14th, 2006

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Since the 1930s, hundreds of stone spheres have been found in Costa Rica. They range from a few centimeters to more than 2 meters in diameter and weigh up to 16 tons.

No one knows who made them or why, but they’re old — some date to 200 B.C.

(Image: Wikimedia Commons)