A dolmen, also known as a portal tomb, portal grave, or quoit, is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone ( table ).

Its massive capstone is supported by standing stones to either side, with another ( triangular ) supporting stone at the rear – like a doorless closet.

In addition to the platform, some remnants of the Temple remain above ground, including a step leading to the Dome of the Rock that is actually the capstone of the pre-Herodian wall of the Temple Mount platform.

Alternatively, it has been suggested that " its purpose, though crudely handled, is to explain to Gilgamesh ( and the reader ) the various fates of the dead in the Afterlife " and in " an awkward attempt to bring closure ", it both connects the Gilgamesh of the epic with the Gilgamesh who is the King of the Netherworld, and is " a dramatic capstone whereby the twelve-tablet epic ends on one and the same theme, that of " seeing " (= understanding, discovery, etc.

In Matthew Reilly's first book in the Jack West Jr series, Seven Ancient Wonders, the Place de la Concorde is the resting place of a piece of the capstone to the Great Pyramid at Giza.

The current capstone publication for the army is Army Doctrine Publication Operations alongside maritime and air-power equivalents and joint warfare publications all under the umbrella of BDD.

Currently the capstone Army doctrinal document is Field Manual 3, " Operations ".

It is the capstone of my life in architecture.

The capstone is inscribed with a line that states " New World Airport Commission ".

The capstone project in the business curriculum is the design of a technology-based business, with the accompanying business plan, operations research, market analysis, financial prospectus, and risk analysis.

An unusual survivor, however, is the capstone of a funerary urn ( probably that of Hadrian ), which made its way to Saint Peter's Basilica and was incorporated into a massive Renaissance baptistery.

It is known as The Capstone, a nickname that stems from a 1913 speech by then-president George H. Denny, who extolled the university as the " capstone of the public school system in the state ".

An oversized capstone is placed over the stone slab burial chamber, giving the appearance of a table-top.

A massive capstone is placed over the interment area and is supported by smaller propping stones.

Representations of a dagger ( right ) and two human figures, one of which is kneeling ( left ), carved into the capstone of Megalithic Burial No. 5, Orim-dong, Yeosu, Korea.

A large capstone is placed over the burial shaft without propping stones.

An example is found near modern Changwon at Deokcheon-ni, where a small cemetery contained a capstone burial ( No. 1 ) with a massive, rectangularly shaped, stone and earthen platform.

Quantitative analysis of these codes is typically the capstone analytical step for this type of qualitative data.

The capstone is said to be one of the biggest in Ireland and is estimated to weigh between 35 and 40 tons.

In wheels where friction is critical, a capstone is added on the end to prevent the shoulder of the shaft from bearing against the face of the jewel.

The huge granite capstone has slipped from its original horizontal position.

The huge granite capstone has slipped from its original horizontal position.

The great capstone, 4. 5m x 3m wide, is one of the largest to be seen in Ireland.

A 1998 case study showed that software engineering majors who successfully completed a technical writing course created capstone experience projects that were more mindful of end user design than the projects completed by their peers.

* Students who completed the technical writing course submitted capstone projects that contained more vivid and explicit detail in writing than their peers who did not complete the course.

* The faculty member overseeing the capstone submissions felt that students who did not enroll in the technical writing class were at a significant disadvantage when compared to their peers who did register for the course.

Kistvaen on the southern edge of Dartmoor in Drizzlecombe ( England ) showing the capstone and the inner cist structure. Cist

Its capstone weighs about 150 tonnes.

The capstone rested at 7 feet high with dimensions of 9 feet by 17. 5 feet weighing 13. 5 tons.

Another typology divides them into 3 main types, the table type, the go-table type and the unsupported capstone type.

* Shimer College in Chicago grants a Bachelor of Arts to students who complete a program composed of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, integrative studies and a capstone senior thesis.

With this capstone, the National Constituent Assembly adjourned in a final session on 30 September 1791.

Three remain standing to nearly full height but the fourth was so ruined that its existence was not suspected until the recent discovery of the first course of stones and the remains of the capstone.

This angel was placed on the Salt Lake Temple during the capstone ceremony on April 6, 1892, one year to the day before the temple was dedicated.

For Full Honors, students must complete two years ( 16 – 20 credits ) of lower division honors courses, two years of a foreign language, mathematics at the pre-calculus level or higher, 12 credits of upper division coursework in their major or minor that have been " honorized ", and a capstone project in the final semester before graduation.

During Siodmak's tenure, Universal made the most of the noir style, but the capstone was The Killers in 1946.

The University was designed as the capstone of the educational system of Virginia.

During the High Middle Ages, theology was therefore the ultimate subject at universities, being named " The Queen of the Sciences " and serving as the capstone to the Trivium and Quadrivium that young men were expected to study.

Many thought the games would be the capstone of his career.

The capstone to all these pressures was the harassment campaign of Professor John Mears of Hamilton College.

A tradition of long barrow construction began in continental Europe during the 7th millennium BP – the free standing megalithic structures supporting a sloping capstone ( known as dolmens ); common over Atlantic Europe.

Its twenty-five ton capstone was most likely a glacial erratic ( a piece of rock / conglomerate carried by glacial ice some distance from the rock outcrop from which it came ), which the builders dug beneath and supported with upright stones to create a burial chamber.

As a capstone to the band's career, Atlantic Records released a greatest hits album, Thank You, with a bonus DVD of archive material and music videos, in 2003.