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Portuguese pavement: image of the seal of the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, featuring Wisdom. Portuguese pavement, known in Portuguese as calçada portuguesa or simply calçada (or pedra portuguesa in Brazil), is a traditional-style pavement used for many pedestrian areas in Portugal.
Several stone spheres of the Diquís exhibited at Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. For comparison purpose, the image on the wall shows the diameter of the biggest recorded stone sphere, 2.66 metres (8.7 ft) The spheres range in size from a few centimetres to over 2 metres (6.6 ft) in diameter, and weigh up to 15 tons. [4]
[2] (p 55) Of these, by far the greatest concentration (169) was found in Aberdeenshire. By 1983, the number had risen to 411 [ 5 ] and by 2015, over 425 balls had been recorded. [ 3 ] A collection of over 30 carved balls from Scotland, Ireland, and northern England is held by the British Museum .
The word Ita means "stone" in the Tupi language of the natives that lived in that area. [1] It is a rock formation in gneiss which covers an area of approximately 250 square metres (2,700 sq ft). Altogether primary, a vertical wall 46 meters (151 ft) long by 3.8 meters (12 ft) high, and adjacent areas, there are entries whose meanings are unknown.
The Peñón de Guatapé is an outcrop of the Antioquia Batholith [3] and towers up to 200 meters (656 feet) above its base. Visitors can scale the rock via a staircase with 708 steps built into one side (an entrance fee is due).
Some bolas have balls of equal weight; others vary the knot and cord. Gauchos use bolas made of braided leather cords with wooden balls or small leather sacks full of stones at the ends of the cords. Bolas can be named depending on the number of weights used: Perdida (one weight) Avestrucera or ñanducera (two weights, for rheas) Somai (two ...
In 2013, the site of Toca da Tira Peia, also in Serra da Capivara National Park, was shown to have signs of human presence dating to 22,000 years ago. [7] [8] As of 2014 the nearby site of Sitio do Meio has been excavated over the years. Although not as old, it helps to support and clarify the chronology of Pedra Furada.
Árbol de Piedra ("stone tree") is an isolated rock formation in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve of Sur Lípez Province, Bolivia. [1] Much photographed, it projects out of the altiplano sand dunes of Siloli in the Potosí Department , about 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Laguna Colorada .