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Monolit yang ditambang
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Fortress of Mycenae, Greece. Largest stones close to 100 tons.[35]
Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini. 12 megalithic limestone beams 10 meters long weighing 90 tons each, forming the roof of burial chamber and antechamber.[41]
Moai at Easter Island. Largest Moai 70 to 86 tons. The tallest one, Paro, was moved 375 mil (604 km).[42]
Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. Largest slabs on burial chamber, 80 tons. The granite was transported 580 mil (930 km) from Aswan by barge on the Nile river.[35]
Karnak, Egypt. Obelisk, 328 tons. Largest architraves, 70 tons. Sandstone transported from Gebel Silsila 100 mil (160 km).[43][44]
Pantheon, Rome, Italy. Granite columns, 39 feet (11.8 m) tall, five feet (1.5 m) in diameter, and 60 tons in weight were transported from Egypt by barge.[35][47]
Olmec heads, Mexico, gulf coast. Largest Olmec head, almost 50 tons. Transported 37 to 62 mil (100 km).[35]
Ħaġar Qim, one of the Megalithic Temples of Malta. Its largest stone weighs 57 tons and measures approximately 19 kaki (5,8 m) long by 9 kaki (2,7 m) tall by 2 kaki (0,61 m) thick.[48] The Maltese temples are the oldest free standing structures on Earth.[49]
Ashoka Pillars, weighing up to about 50 tons, were transported throughout India to territory ruled by Ashoka.[50]
Stonehenge, England. Largest stones over 40 tons were moved 18 mil (29 km), smaller bluestones up to 5 tons were moved 130 mil (210 km).[35]
Trajan's column Rome, Italy. Forty-ton drums. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons.[53]
Rameses IV reopened the stone quarries of Wadi Hammamat and had stones dragged 60 mil (97 km) across land to the Nile, then barged to Temples and his tomb in Thebes. Some of these weighed over 40 tons.[54]
Nineveh, Iraq. Largest colossal Bulls, 30 tons each, were transported 30 miles (48 km) from quarries at Balatai, then lifted 65 feet (20 m) once they arrived at the site.[35]
List of Egyptian pyramids - most, if not all, Egyptian pyramids have monoliths over 20 tons, including monolithic roof slabs, plugs and burial vaults, some of which weigh over 100 tons.
Daorson ancient Illyrian city near Stolac in Bosnia and Herzegovina, built around central acropolis and surrounded with cyclopean walls made of large stone megaliths.
Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and other Angkor temples, Cambodia. Five million tons of sandstone were transported 25 mil (40 km) along the river just for Angkor Wat.[35][61]
Plain of Jars. Over 400 monolithic jars weighing from 5 to 15 tons, ranging from the Khorat Plateau in Thailand in the south, through Laos and to the North Cachar Hills of Dima Hasao district, Northerneastern India.[butuh rujukan]
Gallardet dolmen or Pouget dolmen in Languedoc, France. Consists of a 12 metre long alley within a large tumulus. The main chamber is sill covered by three large capstones, and entry is made through a superb "oven door" entrance stone.[butuh rujukan]
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Marinos Carburis, letnan kolonel Tentara Rusia, mengorganisasi pemindahan batu besar yang disebut "Thunder Stone" (Bahasa Rusia, Камень-Гром) dari Gulf of Finland pada tahun 1768 ke Saint Petersburg, Rusia
^Lynne Lancaster,“Building Trajan's Column,” American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 103, No. 3. (Jul., 1999) p.426
^Time Life Lost Civilizations series: Ramses II: Magnificence on the Nile (1993)p. 133
^Time Life Lost Civilizations series: Mesopotamia: The Mighty Kings p118-119
^Time Life Lost Civilizations series: Mesopotamia: The Mighty Kings. (1995) p. 112-121
^Lost Worlds: The Pagans (of Britain) History Channel series with contributions from historian Prof. Ronald Hutton, Archeologists Erika Guttmann and Martin Carruthers
^Walker, Charles, 1980 "Wonders of the Ancient World" p. 150-3
^Aztecs: Reign of Blood and Splendor. Virginia:Time Life, 1992.
^Lehner, Mark The Complete Pyramids, London: Thames and Hudson (1997)p.196-7 ISBN 0-500-05084-8.
^Time Life Lost Civilizations series: Southeast Asia: A Past Regained (1995)
^Siliotti, Alberto, Zahi Hawass, 1997 "Guide to the Pyramids of Egypt" p.63-9
^ abHistory Channel "Mega Movers: Ancient Mystery Moves"
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