Unearthed 'hanger stones'are causing concern across Europe in arid climates.
Forged some 400 years ago, these stones are ancient markers of drought, and if they can be seen, the areas where they are located are in grave danger. It is inscribed with a warning claiming to be Lower water level.
Although many are alarmed by the appearance, some scientists believe that the kind of drought predicted by these stones does not necessarily indicate an environmental disaster, 21 It argues that the drought of the century was not as severe {12 as experienced throughout history.
Historical records show that in the northern hemisphere, especially from his 11th century to his mid-15th century, droughts were "more severe, extensive, and prolonged," he said. researchers say.
The last time these hydrological precursors surfaced was in the2018 droughtand2015, both events in the Czech Republic. Occurs in Decin in the Republic, a mile north of Prague. The water level there dropped 45 inches before the stone was exposed.
Dutch journalist Olaf Koens tweeted an image of the ominous rock (taken in 2018) last week. he called them "terrible".
"An ominous warning of famine from our fifteenth-century ancestors," he wrote, according to an English translation.
The image was taken on the Elbe River as seen from Decin, Czech Republic.
2013 paper A team of scientists wrote about the history of drought on Czech lands, writing that the stone in question was carved with "the initials of the author, long lost to hardship and history."
"Drought has been shown to have resulted in crop failures, food shortages, high prices and hunger among the poor," the report's authors wrote. "Before 1900, the droughts of 1417, 1616, 1707, 1746, 1790, 1800, 1811, 1830, 1842, 1868, 1892, 1893 are carved in stone.
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