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Definition of Stelae

Stelae
Stela Ste"la, n.; pl. Stel[ae]. [L., from Gr. ? a post, an upright stone.] (Gr. Antiq.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.

Meaning of Stelae from wikipedia

- A stele (/ˈstiːli/ STEE-lee), or occasionally stela (pl.: stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it...
- in the Italian Alps. They are similar in style to other anthropomorphic stelae made across Europe between the 4th and 3rd millennium BCE. Arco I Arco I...
- Maya stelae (singular stela) are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. They consist of tall, sculpted stone shafts...
- Kurgan stelae Kurgan stelae or Balbals (Ukrainian: балбал, most probably from Turkic word balbal meaning "ancestor" or "grandfather") are anthropomorphic...
- Ge'ez: hawelti—is found along with many other stelae in the city of Axum in modern-day Ethiopia. The stelae were probably carved and erected during the...
- of a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The original plan was to...
- The Boundary Stelae of Akhenaten are a group of royal monuments in Upper Egypt. They are carved into the cliffs surrounding the area of Akhetaten, or the...
- The Egyptian Stelae in the Levant are the approximately 25 Ancient Egyptian stelae discovered in the Levant, today known as Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine...
- Entrance to the Tomb Of The False Door. The Stelae Park in Aksum. Small stelae in the Gudit Stelae Field Another stelae field in Aksum. Istifanos Monastery in...
- The Cantabrian stelae are monolithic stone disks of different sizes, whose early precedents were carved in the last centuries before the romanization of...