"Trilith" redirects here. The term may also refer to Trilith Studios.
For the Baalbek Trilithon, see Baalbek Stones.
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Trilithon at Stonehenge
A trilithon or trilith[1] is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones (posts) supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top (lintel). It is commonly used in the context of megalithic monuments. The most famous trilithons are those of Stonehenge in England.
The word trilithon is derived from Greek 'having three stones' (τρι- tri- 'three' + λίθος líthos 'stone') and was first used in its modern archaeological sense by William Stukeley.
Other famous trilithons include those found in the Megalithic temples of Malta (which like Stonehenge are a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the Osireion in Egypt, and the Haʻamonga ʻa Maui in Tonga, Polynesia. The term is also used to describe the groups of three stones in the Hunebed tombs of the Netherlands.
A trilithon or trilith is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones (posts) supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top (lintel)...
Jupiter Baal (Heliopolitan Zeus) on Tel Baalbek and are known as the "Trilithon". Each of these is estimated at about 750–800 tonnes (830–880 short tons)...
monuments, the most famous trilithons are those at Stonehenge and those found in the Megalithic Temples of Malta. The word trilithon is derived from the Greek...
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an entrance doorway forming a trilithon, a pair of orthostats surmounted by a massive lintel slab. Further trilithons form a passage, which is always...
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of the biggest monoliths of Classical Antiquity, including the Roman Trilithon and the Stone of the Pregnant Woman: Daniel Schlumberger, "Triparadisos...
solstice sunset (Stonehenge). It is significant that at Stonehenge the Great Trilithon was oriented outwards from the middle of the monument, i.e. its smooth...
Jean-Pierre (1977). "À propos du trilithon de Baalbek: Le transport et la mise en oeuvre des mégalithes" [About the Baalbeck Trilithon: The Transport and Use of...
thought to be a child's game involving porphyry (stone) balls, a miniature trilithon, and nine breccia-veined alabaster vase-shaped figures—thought to resemble...
qui ont marqué Saint-Pétersbourg Adam, Jean-Pierre (1977), "À propos du trilithon de Baalbek: Le transport et la mise en oeuvre des mégalithes", Syria (in...
the German-language Wikipedia. Adam, Jean-Pierre (1977), "À propos du trilithon de Baalbek: Le transport et la mise en oeuvre des mégalithes", Syria,...
across the campus from their Stonehenge monument. The Arch is a single trilithon with a vague silhouette of a man and a woman on each of its supporting...
arrangement of upright, parallel standing stones]) Cycoliths (or stone circles) Trilithon: Two parallel upright stones with a horizontal stone (lintel) placed on...
to our U.K. heritage” according to Patterson; its name originated from trilithon, an architectural term referring a structure consisting of two large vertical...
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winter solstice sunset (Stonehenge). It is significant that the Great Trilithon was oriented outwards from the middle of the monument, i.e. its smooth...
in the third millennium BC. Darvill has suggested that the Stonehenge trilithons may have also represented twin gods or an early form of the Divine Twins...
one of the temples at Tarxien. View into the South Temple through the trilithon doorway reconstructed in the 1950s. A bowl in the central Tarxien Temple...
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and step-pyramid-like mounds.[citation needed] Most remarkable are the trilithons, some still standing, some fallen, which occur isolated or in rows, and...
he was made a baronet in 1919 by Lloyd George. Chubb's arms feature a trilithon representing Stonehenge. Chubb died of heart disease at his house (from...
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