"Here we have something comparable in that a cultural group sculpted large monoliths across an equally large area," he said.

Ayers Rock is the largest monolith, or single-unit stone, in the world.

It is the world's largest monolith on a coastline.

The rock, which is the world's largest monolith, lies in the middle of a vast desert plain, so its color and presence is quite dramatic.

Together with another ancient stone block nearby, it is among the largest monoliths ever quarried by men.

Now recumbent, it is thought to have originally stood as a single large monolith.

Weighing ca. 800 tons each, they are among the largest ancient monoliths and even of the whole of history.

The highest peak is a very large monolith of called the Oruku rock.

The large monolith hung over the entrance to the temple.

The end of the corridor is a single large monolith with a square hole near its center.