- Many
orthostats were a
focus for
megalithic art, as at
Knowth in Ireland. In
megalithic archaeology a port-hole slab is the name of an
orthostat with...
- earliest-discovered
possible depictions of the Moon is a 5000-year-old rock
carving Orthostat 47 at Knowth, Ireland. The
ancient Gr****
philosopher Anaxagoras (d. 428...
-
paintings or
carvings found on the
structural elements, like the kerbstones,
orthostats, or
capstones of
megalithic tombs, but
recent investigations have included...
- south-east. The monuments' façades and
internal walls are made up of
orthostats, a row of
large stone slabs laid on end. The
centre of the façades is...
- henge,
stone circle or
avenue features. They
consist of
three or four
orthostats placed together to give the
impression of a box. An
opening between the...
- 5,000 year-old
triskelion on an
orthostat at Newgrange...
-
water level allows it. The
dolmen consists of 150
granite stones,
called orthostats,
placed in a
vertical arrangement to form an
ovoid chamber 5
metres (16 ft)...
- Each had
clearly been
worked with the
final visual effect in mind: The
orthostats widen slightly towards the top in
order that
their perspective remains...
-
Carrington in 1849.
Carrington found a
burial chamber built from
limestone orthostats with a
paved floor. The
bones of
thirteen individuals were
recovered as...
- orthographic, ortholog, orthologous, orthonym, orthopedic, orthoscope, orthosis,
orthostat, orthostyle,
orthotic oryz- rice Gr**** ὄρυζα (óruza), ὀρύζιον Oryza, Oryzomys...
