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The prehistoric Tello Obelisk, found in 1919 at Chavín de Huantar in Peru, is a monolith stele with obelisk-like proportions. It is 2.52 metres tall and was carved in a design of low relief with Chavín symbols, such as bands of teeth and animal heads.
A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are often made of very hard and solid igneous or metamorphic rock .
Monolith with bull, fox, and crane in low relief at Göbekli Tepe. The density of most stone is between 2 and 3 tons per cubic meter. Basalt weighs about 2.8 to 3.0 tons per cubic meter; granite averages about 2.75 metric tons per cubic meter; limestone, 2.7 metric tons per cubic meter; sandstone or marble, 2.5 tons per cubic meter.
Monolith Weight (in t) Comment ~650 BC Dedication of Nikandre [5] Delos, Greek isles: Figure: 0.25 ~650 BC Fortification wall [5] Leontinoi, Sicily: Wall blocks 1.75 ~640 BC Temple of Poseidon [5] Isthmus, Greek mainland: Wall blocks 0.5 ~630 BC Temple A [5] Prinias, Crete: Frieze slab: 0.5 ~ 610–590 BC Sounion Kouros [5] Sounion, Greek ...
Moai – Monolithic human figures on Easter Island; Napakivi – Standing stones in Finland; Nature worship – Worship of the nature spirits; Obelisk – Tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top; Obelix – Cartoon character in the French comic book series Asterix
The largest known obelisk, the unfinished obelisk, was never erected and was discovered in its original quarry. It is nearly one-third larger than the largest ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected (the Lateran Obelisk in Rome); if finished it would have measured around 41.75 metres (137.0 ft) [ 6 ] and would have weighed nearly 1,090 tonnes ...
Monolithic architecture describes buildings which are carved, cast or excavated from a single piece of material, historically from rock. The most basic form of monolithic architecture is a rock-cut building , such as the monolithic churches of Ethiopia built by the Zagwe dynasty , or the Pancha Rathas in India .
The unfinished obelisk in its quarry at Aswan, 1990. The obelisk and wider quarry were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" (despite the quarry site being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae). [2]