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megalith
noun
mega·lith
ˈme-gə-ˌlith 
: a very large usually rough stone used in prehistoric cultures as a monument or building block
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Each generation created their own megalith, Golis said, and would typically hold a single burial that would be surrounded by grave goods and sometimes covered in cobblestones.
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Irene Wright
july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
With the help of modern surveying equipment, excavators and a group of volunteers, archaeologists moved the massive granite megaliths stone by stone.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025
If the name of the game in a gold rush is selling shovels, there are few shovel makers in either e-sports or VR gaming capable of competing with the online retail megalith.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2016
The burial chamber was surrounded by 16 megaliths spaced about 6.5 feet apart.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025
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Irene Wright
july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
With the help of modern surveying equipment, excavators and a group of volunteers, archaeologists moved the massive granite megaliths stone by stone.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025
If the name of the game in a gold rush is selling shovels, there are few shovel makers in either e-sports or VR gaming capable of competing with the online retail megalith.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2016
The burial chamber was surrounded by 16 megaliths spaced about 6.5 feet apart.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025
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“Megalith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megalith. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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