Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing around still intact extremly old inuit elder grave, skeleton still present. Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.
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Image id: 921-700
Release status: No Release Needed
Shot date: July 2008
Upload date: April 2012
Artist: Andrew Stewart
Release status: No Release Needed
Shot date: July 2008
Upload date: April 2012
Artist: Andrew Stewart
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