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Cyclopean masonry is a type of
stonework found in
Mycenaean architecture,
built with m****ive
limestone boulders,
roughly ****ed
together with minimal...
- The
Cyclopean Isles (Italian:
Isole Ciclopi),
noted for
their rows of
basaltic columns piled one
above another, lie not far from
Mount Etna off the eastern...
- The
Cyclopean Wall of
Rajgir is a 40 km (25 mi) long wall of
stone which encircled the
ancient city of
Rajgriha (present-day Rajgir), in the
Indian state...
- by Odysseus.
Cyclopes were also
famous for
being the
builders of the
Cyclopean walls of
Mycenae and Tiryns. In Cyclops, the fifth-century BC play by...
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Cyclopean image is a
single mental image of a
scene created by the
brain through the
process of
combining two
images received from both eyes. The mental...
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Cyclopean stairs form as a
result of
glacial erosion. The term
refers to the
longitudinal profile of a
glaciated valley that has
several consecutive hanging...
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Foundations of
Cyclopean Perception (ISBN 0-226-41527-9) is a book by Bela Julesz,
published in 1971. The
Millennium Project ranked it at #57 on a list...
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Bronze Age. The
fortifications of
Mycenae were
built with the use of
Cyclopean masonry. With the
citadel built on a cliff, the
architects created protection...
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called the
square a
Cyclopean image after the
mythical Cyclops who had only one eye. This was
because it was as
though we have a
cyclopean eye
inside our brains...
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antonymous to
ashlar masonry. Can be
infill in an
ashlar wall, used in
cyclopean concrete, and
other contexts. The term is
antonymous to "ashlar". Dry...
