Megalithic

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. ❋ Various (N/A)

These latter do not seem to have brought the idea of megalithic building with them, as their earlier tombs are simple mounds. ❋ Unknown (1908)

We shall consider first the theory that the idea of megalithic building was evolved among several races independently, i.e. that it was a phase of culture through which they separately passed. ❋ Unknown (1908)

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. ❋ Unknown (1908)

When excavated, there was a possibility of recovering skeletal remains, black and red ware and iron implements typifying the Iron Age, also referred to as megalithic burials. ❋ Unknown (2008)

(_senams_) with holes pierced in their uprights and 'altar tables' at their base, which Barth, followed by Cooper in his _Hill of the Graces_, described as megalithic monuments, have been shown to be nothing more than olive-presses, the 'altar tables' being the slabs over which the oil ran off as it descended. ❋ Unknown (1908)

Chinese Culture_, Baltimore 1937.p. 20: The possibility of a "megalithic" culture in the Far East has often been discussed, by O. Menghin, R. Heine-Geldern, Cheng Tê-k'un, ❋ Wolfram Eberhard (1949)

Yet, Shang culture cannot well be called a "megalithic" culture. ❋ Wolfram Eberhard (1949)

Another kind of megalithic monument are the stone circles, only they are circles no longer, many stones having been carted away to mend walls. ❋ Unknown (1892)

A sinuous Y-shaped corridor (splitting to reach the two bridges) was stacked densely on both sides with megalithic towers holding thousands of apartments, each one with a terrace, and standing on a foundation of endless parking garages. ❋ Julie V. Iovine (2010)

I'd seen photographs of a well-preserved megalithic chambered cairn named Cashtal yn Ard. ❋ Susan Rukeyser (2011)

Beginning with "Americana" in 1971, he has written 15 novels, including the National Book Award-winning "White Noise" (1985) and his megalithic key-to-all-conspiracies, "Underworld" (1997). ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

Of all the wacky, weird, strange gadgets, gizmos and ideas on display here in Las Vegas, Microsoft's final appearance as the keynote presenter at the Consumer Electronics Show just might take the bat-poop-crazy cake available at Baskin-Robbins, as for a little under an hour, the megalithic corporation that has made much of its money on enterprise and corporate machines marched out one bizarre surprise after another, launching a disorienting whirlwind of jaw-dropping absurdities. ❋ Jason Gilbert (2012)

Like Stonehenge, megalithic tombs offer proof positive of human habitation dating back 6,000 years. ❋ Mickey Goodman (2011)

As business is currently done, there is a high probability of a few corporations aggregating most of the business to be done through rather cutthroat means, buying political influence and then having enough money to either spend exorbitant amounts of media advertising or just buying the media companies themselves -- in short, a set-up for megalithic monopolies that ultimately generate money from money, not necessarily only reliant on the sale of goods and services. ❋ Mitchell J. Rabin (2011)

Leighton Candler , a broker at Corcoran Group who holds the listing, said most developers put megalithic penthouses atop buildings, and that compact space like Mr. Blau's duplex was unusual. ❋ Josh Barbanel (2011)

DO: D.C. is part of a national movement to start closing down big, megalithic, juvenile jail-type facilities. ❋ Youth Radio -- Youth Media International (2011)

DO:Â D.C. is part of a national movement to start closing down big, megalithic, juvenile jail-type facilities. ❋ Youth Radio -- Youth Media International (2011)

Assemblages of [megaliths] (meaning "big [stones]") seem to [relate] to religious beliefs. ❋ HistoryNerd94 (2010)

I want [daddy] Megalith [to finger] [my bum]. ❋ (2023)