stone monuments
Carved rock memorials
Stone monuments are large structures built from rock to commemorate people, events, or ideas, or to mark significant places.
They include obelisks, megaliths, carved statues, and memorial stones.
The term emphasizes permanence—stone endures where other materials decay: The ancient stone monuments still stand after three thousand years.
Stonehenge and the Easter Island heads are famous examples.
- menhirPrehistoric upright stone monument
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- burial moundEarth piled over graves
- dolmenMegalithic stone tomb
- cenotaphTomb without a body
stele · shrine · mausoleum · war memorial · sacred ground · runestone · sculpture · statue · megalith · plinth · inukshuk · obelisk · monolith · Easter Island · cromlech · tombstone · bas-relief · carved
- Meghalayastatehood, rainfall, clouds, rice beer, sacred forests
- Public Monumentswar memorials, memorial walls, commemorative plaques, bronze statues, reflecting pools
- ancient artsculpture, sculptures, pottery, mosaics, murals
- Korean Relicsceladon, gold crowns, bronze mirrors, royal tombs, ancient tombs
- Mesoamerican artAztec art, Aztec relics, codices, stelae, jade carvings
- sacred stonessacred stones, standing stones, megaliths, dolmens, menhirs
stone monumentsice sculptures
Art carved from frozen water
earthen mounds · bronze statues · wooden crosses · metal sculptures · floral tributes
stone monumentssand mandalas
Sacred impermanent powder artwork
flower arrangements · candle vigils · snow sculptures · paper offerings · sky lanterns