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@Sundiata started a concept based on the sanctuary from Gournay sur Aronde but never showed it publicly, it was meant to replace the current Gallic temple: Edit: I added the blend file from Sundiata Gaul_Sanctuary_Gournay_sur_Aronde_V2.blend

Yes, I think the game engine is not made for monuments related to specific landscape elements. I think we need to have some imagination in this case. We have some account of sacred groves and sanctuaries in Tacitus' Germania but those are not usable since we are narrowing the civ around the Cimbri. I think the best option is to make a huge deposit with multiple items, like a votive gift. You have a good idea with the stone boat around the monument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_ship I think we can make something bigger. A large stone in an elongated circle with a pile of various weapons, trophies, and spoils of war inside. It should represent the spoils of war of the Cimbri during their wars against the Romans, Celts, Iberians, etc. Large cauldrons like those found in Brå, Keldby, Rynkeby on Funen, and Sophienborg Mose could be added. We could have chariots like the one from Dejbjerg. We could also have freshly sacrificed horses. And on top of this pile, we could add two boats, leaning against the pile of objects. They could be slightly tilted to give the monument a sense of height. It would require making some props but it is feasible I think.

The only illustrative reference is from Ancient Warfare magazine but it is a sketchy simplification : The boat was submerged with blacksmith tools, with wooden vessels and recipients, animals were sacrificed, notably a horse and two dogs. Spears and oars were thrust into the silty bottom to anchor it. There were dozen of spears and shields submerged with the boat.

@nifa The only idea I can have specifically about the Cimbri, is the Hjortspring deposit. The boat was deposited in a small bog of approx. 50 m in diameter, in the middle of an island. I don't know if it is more practical.

I don't know. But I know the Germans from this time period didn't make new burial mounds, because they are practicing cremation, deposing the ashes in urns, which are then buried. At the best, they used older mounds to bury their urn in the upper layers.

I tried the nightly build and they had one. https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/26110-civ-germans-cimbri-suebians-goths/?do=findComment&comment=582009

Herodotus (Histories, IV, 82) tells the account of a large Scythian cauldron (which could contain up to 600 Greek amphorae) built for the king Ariantas.

The burial chamber was decorated and we can imagine they used similar decoration outside when they performed ceremony celebrating their ancestor:

You can have a stele at the top, it seems to have been the case in a few kurgans. It is also plausible that ceremonies were performed around the kurgans. Notably with drink distribution, animal sacrifices, rites, music etc. If you are depicting the kurgan during a ceremony, it adds more opportunities for props.

The origin of the designation 'baba' for such stele is debated. Indeed it is related to the word for lady or old woman in Slavic languages, but it is also related to the Turkic word 'balbal' meaning ancestor. Turks called those statue 'balbal' : https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balbal and in Kazakh the word 'baba' means ancestor. The most probable is that Slavic people heard the word balbal from Turkic people, notably the Cumans. And since the Cumans mostly depicted women on their statues, an association has been made between the two. And finally the Russians called ALL those ancient statues 'baba' : https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Каменная_баба This is why I couldn't tell if you were talking about the Scythian or the Cuman stele.

If you can't take criticism, don't participate in a community project. Besides the two Cuman statues, yes I think the others are not anachronistic.

I am pretentious but I explained something in March 2023 and still you made the same mistake in October 2023: And I know you saw the post I made in March 2023: