- relief, or painted.
Stelae were
created for many reasons.
Grave stelae were used for
funerary or
commemorative purposes.
Stelae as
slabs of
stone would...
- The Arco
Stelae consist of six
Copper Age
statue menhirs which were
discovered in the
vicinity of Arco, Trentino, in 1989. They are
similar in
style to...
-
Kurgan stelae Kurgan stelae or
Balbals (Ukrainian: балбал, most
probably from
Turkic word
balbal meaning "ancestor" or "grandfather") are anthropomorphic...
- Maya
stelae (singular stela) are
monuments that were
fashioned by the Maya
civilization of
ancient Mesoamerica. They
consist of tall,
sculpted stone shafts...
- Geʽez: hawelti—is
found along with many
other stelae in the city of Axum in modern-day Ethiopia. The
stelae were
probably carved and
erected during the...
- of a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) site
covered with 2,711
concrete slabs or "
stelae",
arranged in a grid
pattern on a
sloping field. The
original plan was to...
-
Stelae or
Stelai (Ancient Gr****: Στῆλαι) was a town of
ancient Crete. Steph**** of
Byzantium describes Stelae as
being near two towns,
which are called...
- A
vishapakar (Armenian: Վիշապաքար) also
known as
vishap stones,
vishap stelae, "serpent-stones", "dragon stones", are
characteristic monoliths found in...
-
sacred way is
lined on both
sides by a
succession of statues, pillars, and
stelae. The
statues along the
spirit way
depict real and
mythical animals, as well...
- The
Famine Stela is an
inscription written in
Egyptian hieroglyphs located on
Sehel Island in the Nile near
Aswan in Egypt,
which tells of a seven-year...
