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Partially excavated places tagged “monolith”

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🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith

Saywite Monolith

Inca Late Horizon ca.1470 CE · Inca

2.28-m granite boulder with 203 miniature carvings, ca.1470 Inca hydraulic model.

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🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith

Ikom Monoliths — Alok Akwanshi Stone Field

Iron Age to Early Modern (200–1800 CE) · Ekoi / Ejagham (Legbok)

Ikom Monoliths are >300 basalt volcanic monoliths 1–1.8 m tall arranged in 30 circles (each 6 m Ø with 12 phallic pillars) around Ikom and Alok, dated 1st–18th c CE, uniquely carved with facial…