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Western Stone, Temple Mount Block Jerusalem, Israel [33] Herod, King of Judea during the Second Temple period Weight is disputed; a 2006 analysis estimated the depth of this stone at only 1.8–2.5 m, for a weight of 250–300 t. [32] Weight formerly said to be 550 to 600 t. [34] [35] 230 t [36] Mausoleum of Theodoric: Roof slab Ravenna, Italy
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 Great Temple, with the Green Stone visible to the right The remains of at least thirty-one temples survive at Hattusa, which itself covers some four hundred acres (162 hectares ). One of these, called by archaeologists "the Great Temple" and "Temple 1", stands on a raised platform and measures 215 by 140 feet (65 by 42 metres).
The altar stone is arguably the most ritually important stone in Stonehenge, because it is the rock that marks the intersection of the prehistoric temple’s two most important celestial ...
The Books of Samuel portray the Temple as having a Phoenician architect, and in Phoenicia it was the Babylonian ell which was used to measure the size of parts of ships. [1] Thus scholars are uncertain whether the standard Biblical ell would have been 49.5 or 52.5 cm (19.49 or 20.67 in), but are fairly certain that it was one of these two ...
Shankaralingadeva temple, Hemadpanti temple with inscribed stone Bijapur: Upload Photo: S-KA-117 Mallikarjuna Temple Bijapur: Upload Photo: S-KA-118 Jain temple, 2 Shaivite temple, 2 inscribed stones Bijapur: Upload Photo: S-KA-119 Temples of Basaveshwara, Rameshwara (Jain), Basavanna Well Bijapur: Upload Photo: S-KA-120 Maleswamy temple ...
Stone dioramas ring its exterior, beginning with a scene in 1997 with a Hindu leader, shaded by an umbrella, in the sands of Sharjah calling for a temple in Abu Dhabi.
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]