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Megalithic monuments
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The list Megalithic monuments includes
Dugi Archeological Site, Recumbent stone circle, Stone row, Stone circle and Menhir.
The list consists of 56 members
and 11 sublists.
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Menhir
Large upright standing stone
Overview: A menhir (from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the ...
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Dolmen
Type of single-chamber megalithic tomb
Overview: A dolmen or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the Late ... 0
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Dugi Archeological Site
prehistoric archaeological site on Rota, Northern Mariana IslandsOverview: The Dugi Archeological Site is a prehistoric latte stone site on the north side of Rota Island in the Northern Mariana Islands. The site is a rare inland site that survived the intensive sugar cane d ... 0
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Odalmelech
monolith of Palau
Overview: Odalmelech is a prehistoric large carved stone face of a god-king, and surrounding garden with additional carved stones, in Melekeok, on Babelthuap island of the nation of Palau. It was listed on the United ... 0
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Stone row
linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones
Overview: A stone row or stone alignment is a linear arrangement of megalithic standing stones set at intervals along a common axis or series of axes, usually dating from the later Neolithic or Bronze Age. Rows ... 0
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Stone circle
Ring of standing stones
Overview: A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic and ... 0
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Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel site
Archaeological site in CanadaOverview: The Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel (Iniskim Umaapi) is an archaeological site of the Blackfoot Nation located south of Bassano, Alberta. The medicine wheel has been dated to 3200 BCE (5200 years ago) ... 0
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Steppe Geoglyphs
Prehistoric earthworks in Kazakhstan
Overview: The Steppe Geoglyphs are a number of earth constructions in the Turgai Trough area of Turgai in northern Kazakhstan. There are at least 260 of these earthworks. 0
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Rota Latte Stone Quarry
United States historic place
Overview: Rota Latte Stone Quarry, also known as the As Nieves quarry, is located near the Chamorro village of Sinapalo, on the island of Rota in the Marianas Archipelago. The prehistoric megaliths found there are ... 0
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Gunung Padang Megalithic Site
Megalithic site in West Java, Indonesia
Overview: Gunung Padang is an archaeological site located in Karyamukti, West Java, Indonesia, 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Cianjur. Located at 885 metres (2,904 ft) above sea level, the site covers a hill—an ... 0
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Msoura
historic site in M'soura
Overview: Msoura (also Mzoura) is an archaeological site of a stone circle in northern Morocco. It is located 25 kilometres south of Asilah, and consists of 167 monoliths surrounding a tumulus of almost 55 metres ... 0
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Anakena
Beach on Easter Island
Overview: Anakena is a white coral sand beach in Rapa Nui National Park on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean. Anakena has two ahus; Ahu-Ature has a single moai and Ahu Nao-Nao has ... 0
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Blythe Intaglios
Group of gigantic figures incised on the ground in the Colorado Desert, United States
Overview: The Blythe Intaglios or Blythe Geoglyphs are a group of gigantic figures incised on the ground near Blythe, California, in the Colorado Desert. The ground drawings or geoglyphs were created by humans for ... 0
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Rano Raraku
Volcanic crater in Easter Island
Overview: Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of Terevaka in the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island in Chile. It was a quarry for about ... 0
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Anakalang
Megalithic site in Indonesia
Overview: Anakalang is a village area (desa) and a small kingdom in the western part of Sumba island, in eastern Indonesia. It is noted for numerous megalithic tombs and its quadrangular adzes. 0
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The Megaliths of Upper Laos
Book by Madeleine ColaniOverview: The Megaliths of Upper Laos (orig. French: Les Megaliths du Haut Laos) is a 1930 work of archaeology by Madeleine Colani, examining and cataloging approximately ten thousand megaliths in Upper Laos. Prior ... 0
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Tower of Jericho
Ancient stone structure in Israel
Overview: The Tower of Jericho (Arabic: برج أريحا) is an 8.5-metre-tall (28 ft) stone structure built in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period around 8000 BC. It is part of Tell es-Sultan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ... 0
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Gate of the Sun
Bolivian monolith
Overview: The Gate of the Sun, also known as the Gateway of the Sun (in older literature simply called "(great) monolithic Gateway of Ak-kapana", is a monolithic gateway at the site of Tiahuanaco by the Tiwanaku ... 0
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Verraco
Granite megalithic sculpture of animal, found in Spain and Portugal
Overview: The verracos (Spanish: verraco; Portuguese: berrão; literally 'boar'), in the Iberian Peninsula, are the Vettones's granite megalithic monuments, sculptures of animals as found in the west of the Iberian ... 0
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Nan Madol
Ruined city in Federated States of Micronesesia
Overview: Nan Madol is an archaeological site adjacent to the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei, now part of the Madolenihmw district of Pohnpei state in the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific ... 0
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