Cart Ruts: Unearthing the Tracks of Lost Civilizations
Cart Ruts: Unearthing the Tracks of Lost Civilizations Across the globe, from the sun-scorched plains of Malta to the rugged terrains of the United States, a peculiar phenomenon persists: parallel grooves etched into the earth’s surface, known as cart ruts. These enduring marks have intrigued archaeologists and historians for centuries, yet their origins and purposes […]
Mysterious cart-ruts: image gallery
Cart-ruts are found in several locations across the planet: Cyrenaica, Germany, Greece, Sardinia, Sicily, Southern France, but they are most abundantly observed in the Maltese islands. Not all the cart-ruts have the same origin and not all cart-ruts fulfill the same purpose. Some are built with stone brick gutters; some are weathered wagon tracks and […]
Mysterious cart-ruts: functions and behavior
The phenomenon of the cart-ruts remain an unsolved puzzle to all authors and scholars who tried to describe their function and behavior. The parallel channels, sometimes in single pairs but often found in groups, are cut in rock and occur in different patterns. There are instances when a single pair branches into two or more […]
