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Largest stone 20 tons. [49] Teotihuacan, Mexico. 22-ton water deity on top of the Pyramid of the Moon. [71] Aztec calendar stone at Tenochtitlan, Mexico. 24 tons. [72] Palenque, Mexico. The largest stones weigh 12 to 15 tons. [49] The Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Largest stones 10 tons. [49] Nubian pyramids. Sarcophagus, weighing 15.5 tons, and ...
The blocks known as the Trilithon (the upper of the two largest courses of stone pictured) in the Temple of Jupiter Baal. The Trilithon (Greek: Τρίλιθον), also called the Three Stones, is a group of three horizontally lying giant stones that form part of the podium of the Temple of Jupiter Baal at Baalbek. The location of the megalithic ...
The Western Stone, beginning at shoulder level of the guide. The Western Stone is a monolithic ashlar (worked stone block) forming part of the lower level of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. This largest stone in the Western Wall is visible within the Western Wall Tunnel. [1] It is one of the largest building blocks in the world. [2]
Botswana, a country of 2.6 million people in southern Africa, is the second-biggest producer of natural diamonds behind Russia and has unearthed all of the world’s biggest stones in recent years.
The Bahia Emerald is one of the largest emeralds and contains the largest single crystal ever found. The stone, weighing approximately 379 kg (836 lbs) [1] (approximately 189,600 carats) originated from Bahia, Brazil; its emerald crystals embedded in black schist.
Mount Augustus is widely claimed in tourist promotional and information literature as the "world's largest monolith", [4] [5] but the claim does not originate from the geological literature, nor is it substantiated by any other scholarly research. [6] Mt. Augustus is more than twice the size of Uluru. [7]
Cullinan produced stones of various cuts and sizes, the largest of which is named Cullinan I, and named the Great Star of Africa by Edward VII, and at 530.4 carats (106.08 g) it is the largest clear cut diamond in the world. The stone is mounted in the head of the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross.
The largest megalith of the ancient world, found in Baalbek, Lebanon, was quarried during the Roman Empire [7] Menhir Menhir is the name used in Western Europe for a single upright stone erected in prehistoric times; sometimes called a "standing stone". [8] Monolith Any single standing stone erected in prehistoric times. [9] Capstone style