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The word derives, via the Latin monolithus, from the Ancient Greek word μονόλιθος (monólithos), from μόνος (mónos) meaning "one" or "single" and λίθος (líthos) meaning "stone". Geological monoliths
In most languages stone circles are called "cromlechs" (a word in the Welsh language); the word "cromlech" is sometimes used with that meaning in English. Dolmen A dolmen is a stone table, consisting of a wide stone supported by several other stones [12] Cist A cist is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of ...
This is a list of monoliths organized according to the size of the largest block of stone on the site. A monolith is a large stone which has been used to build a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.
Pancha Rathas monolith rock-cut temple, late 7th century. Monolithic architecture describes buildings which are carved, cast or excavated from a single piece of material, historically from rock.
Huanca, while monoliths, are similar to totems (from the Ojibwa word ototeman, meaning 'he is my kinship') of the Native American peoples of North America, as they are considered sacred and can symbolize the ancestor of a community, and thus fulfil a tutelar function.
Nemetons were often fenced off by enclosures, as indicated by the German term Viereckschanze – meaning a quadrangular space surrounded by a ditch enclosed by wooden palisades. Many of these groves, like the sacred grove at Didyma, Turkey are thought to be nemetons, sacred groves protected by druids based on Celtic mythology.
Monolith (Space Odyssey), the Monoliths featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels The Monolith, a faction from the video games S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and others in the same series
This is a list of ancient monoliths found in all types of Greek and Roman buildings. It contains monoliths. quarried, but not moved; quarried and moved; quarried, moved and lifted clear off the ground into their position (architraves etc.) quarried, moved and erected in an upright position (columns etc.)