megalithic monuments like Stonehenge. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
These latter do not seem to have brought the idea of megalithic building with them, as their earlier tombs are simple mounds. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders] Reference
There is here nothing to suggest the Doric of Paestum and Selinus, much to recall the megalithic buildings of Syria, and the sculpture of the farther East. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
If, as seems probable, the idea of megalithic building was brought to Europe by the immigration of a new race it is possible that a branch of this race entered Sicily. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders] Reference
Yet, Shang culture cannot well be called a "megalithic" culture. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
Another kind of megalithic monument are the stone circles, only they are circles no longer, many stones having been carted away to mend walls. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing England] Reference
"You've seen megalithic works in the South, haven't you?". From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
This one for instance is noted as being a megalithic sundial. From Wordnik.com. [Crop Circle Formation May Be A Megalithic Sundial | Impact Lab] Reference
You don't need a sidekick, you're megalithic and murderous. From Wordnik.com. [kinaesthesia Diary Entry] Reference
A series of waves of megalithic culture introduced purely Western ideas. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
This also is a common occurance when it comes to this megalithic retailer. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Box Dilemma] Reference
Then he sat back on his heels in the darkness of that megalithic stone ring and shook. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Stars]
His Army full-a augmentation suit lay behind the rocks beyond the megalithic amphitheater. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Stars]
Dates from Bougon and Barnenez place cairns bearing megalithic monuments in the same epoch. From Wordnik.com. [Before the Pyramids...] Reference
One of the two dig sites on top of the hill at Kadabakele contains mysterious megalithic features. From Wordnik.com. [On the Hilltop and Down By the River] Reference
For long moments Dave Ward stared out on the scene presented to him in that megalithic amphitheater. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Stars]
The megalithic federal "public works" dams showcased by Devine are, however, only part of the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Letters] Reference
The industry trend toward mergers and conglomeration and megalithic vendors does not entice or impress me. From Wordnik.com. [2008 February 20 « Attempting Elegance] Reference
In Britain, eight or nine megalithic sites have a horseshoe shape, but most of these are located in Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [The French Built Stonehenge?] Reference
For those who might have missed it, the megalithic Portal website, at www. megalithic.co.uk, is worth a visit. From Wordnik.com. [Multimedia: Megalithic Mania] Reference
Legends about the use of levitation in the construction of megalithic monuments are found all over the world.1. From Wordnik.com. [The Eight Wonder of the World – Easter Island | Impact Lab] Reference
Ggantija and the other Maltese megalithic temples are not the work of alien beings, recent claims not withstanding. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth, And Some Other Stuff, Is Out There] Reference
The megalithic Portal also is part of the Stone Circle webring, linking over 100 other sites exploring all things megalithic. From Wordnik.com. [Multimedia: Megalithic Mania] Reference
The term is derived from the legendary belief that these rude megalithic monuments were used by the giants when playing quoits. From Wordnik.com. [Drolls From Shadowland] Reference
Their one argument of merit attacking the concept is the bugaboo that government is inefficient, as if the megalithic HMOs weren't. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Hillestad: Why Not Socialized Medicine?] Reference
His crusade culminated in the discovery, at 10: 00 AM on July 13, of what he believes are the submerged ruins of a megalithic temple. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth, And Some Other Stuff, Is Out There] Reference
While such artifacts were of interest, the megalithic temples on the two largest islands, Malta and neighboring Gozo, were of wonder. From Wordnik.com. [A Monumental Mandate] Reference
Against large corporations and in favour of "small is beautiful" economics, yet in favour of the corporatist megalithic European Union?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
In Celtic myths these gateways were usually located at the Sidhi Mounds, the megalithic tombs of the Celts 'Pre-Indo-European predecessors. From Wordnik.com. [Samhain: The Other World] Reference
The zealous attention of New Age cults to ancient megalithic tombs along the eastern Black Sea coast has spurred measures to protect the monuments. From Wordnik.com. [Bronze Age to New Age] Reference
The earliest known natives of this region were the Celtic Rutheni, to whom the numerous megalithic monuments found in the department are attributed. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Denis and Carton have excavated the megalithic necropolis of Teboursouk, whose tombs are stone circles, with one or more small dolmens in the centre. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Quiet as a serpent in its grassy boulevard the procession drags its tail out of the Gap of the North as its head already enters the megalithic doorway. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
If the Way is followed northwards towards the slopes of Overton Hill we reach the "quarry" where most of the megalithic monuments of Wiltshire originated. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
A gray ring of megalithic uprights circled and delimited the area within the bowl of rock, the afternoon sunlight streaking their surfaces with rust and amber. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Stars]
The megalithic embassy in the Green Zone, and the half-dozen superbases, have been built to last, while "the building blocks of civil society" were less rigorously attended to. From Wordnik.com. [David Bromwich: New York Times to America: Stay the Course in Iraq] Reference
The only traces left by the primitive populations are the megalithic monuments (dolmens, menhirs and cromlechs), which remain to this day in great numbers (see STONE MONUMENTS). From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
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