EditorialWestern cult monument, Filitosa prehistoric settlement. The " torres", cupola buildings of uncertain use, were surrounded by much older menhir-type megalith rocks which marked the entrance to what may have been a fortress or a center of culti...
EditorialWalk at Dusk (Man Contemplating a Megalith), possibly a self-portrait. Date/Period: Between 1830 and 1835. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 33.3 cm (13.1 in); Width: 43.7 cm (17.2 in).
EditorialDot-ornaments on a " window-stone" at Mnajdra Temple, Malta. The Malta temples are considered the world's oldest megalith constructions (4th mill. BCE) .
EditorialFrom the Kaolack region of Senegal, 8th – 9th century, a rugged, carved megalith, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Jan. 25, 2020. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialWalk at Dusk (Man Contemplating a Megalith), possibly a self-portrait. Date/Period: Between 1830 and 1835. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 33.3 cm (13.1 in); Width: 43.7 cm (17.2 in).
EditorialView of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, taken by the Ordnance Survey under the supervision of Colonel Sir Henry James. This view includes a portrait of James in frock coat and top hat sitting on a fallen megalith. Ordnance Survey Department, under Colonel Sir...
EditorialWalk at Dusk (Man Contemplating a Megalith), possibly a self-portrait. Date/Period: Between 1830 and 1835. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 33.3 cm (13.1 in); Width: 43.7 cm (17.2 in).
EditorialTemple room at Hagar Qim, Malta, seen through one of the " window stones", carved out of monoliths. Hagar Qim is considered the world's oldest megalith architecture; some of the vertically arranged stones weigh up to 20 tons (4th mill. BCE) .
EditorialWestern cult monument, Filitosa prehistoric settlement. The " torres", cupola buildings of uncertain use, were surrounded by much older menhir-type megalith rocks which marked the entrance to what may have been a fortress or a center of culti...