Lembah Bada
( Bada Valley )Bada Valley or Napu Valley, located in the Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, contains hundreds of megaliths of undetermined age that are called watu ("stone") in the local Badaic languages and arca ("statue") in Indonesian. The purpose of the megaliths and their builders are unknown.
The megaliths in the Bada Valley were first discovered in 1908. Although the discovery has been going on for more than 100 years, little is known about the objects, including when the stone statues were fashioned. It has been variously claimed that archæological research has indicated ages for the megaliths anywhere from 5,000 to 700 years old.
Speculation continues that the stones are related to megalithic culture in Laos, Cambodia, and several areas in Indonesia 2,000 years ago.
According to Ancient Origins, it is not known who made the megalith statue in the Bada Valley.
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