Large monoliths and megaliths
How were the heaviest stones of the ancient world quarried and moved?
Single stones and megalithic monuments from Brittany to Easter Island, with what is known about quarrying, transport and raising each one.
Sites in this collection
- Grand menhir brisé d'Er Grah Locmariaquer, Brittany, France
- Stone of the Pregnant Woman Baalbek · Lebanon
- Baalbek Baalbek, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon
- Unfinished Obelisk Aswan Northern Quarries · Egypt
- Great Stele (Stela 1), Aksum Aksum · Ethiopia
- Colossi of Memnon Ancient Thebes · Egypt
- Corbara Monolith Corbara, Corsica, France
- Phallic Megalithic Stelae of Southern Ethiopia (Gedeo Zone) Dilla, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia
- Dragon Stones (Vishapakar) of the Geghama Mountains Gegharkunik and Kotayk provinces, Armenia
- Ahu Tongariki Rapa Nui National Park · Chile
- Göbekli Tepe Şanlıurfa, Turkey
- Plain of Jars (Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars) Phonsavan, Xiangkhouang Province, Laos