There were two rubbing sticks for making fire, two stones shaped roughly like knives, a woven-root container which held a few pounds of dried worms and the dead body of some rodent.

The houses were built of unmortared stone, which means that no cement or mortar was used to hold the stones together.

The term Rococo was derived from the French word " rocaille ", which means pebbles and refers to the stones and shells used to decorate the interiors of caves.

The ancient Greeks used baskets of stones, large sacks filled with sand, and wooden logs filled with lead, which, according to Apollonius Rhodius and Stephen of Byzantium, were formed of stone ; and Athenaeus states that they were sometimes made of wood.

It was engraved on certain antique gemstones, called on that account Abraxas stones, which were used as amulets or charms.

A vast number of engraved stones are in existence, to which the name " Abrasax-stones " has long been given.

The subject is one which has exercised the ingenuity of many savants, but it may be said that all the engraved stones fall into three classes:

Having due regard to the magic papyri, in which many of the unintelligible names of the Abrasax-stones reappear, besides directions for making and using gems with similar figures and formulas for magical purposes, it can scarcely be doubted that many of these stones are pagan amulets and instruments of magic.

By a probably euphonic inversion the translator of Irenaeus and the other Latin authors have Abraxas, which is found in the magical papyri, and even, though most sparingly, on engraved stones.

Its preparation involves digging a hole about 150 cm deep in the ground, within which incandescent stones are placed inside a bonfire.

The name is taken from that of the Amazon River, from which certain green stones were formerly obtained, but it is doubtful whether green feldspar occurs in the Amazon area.

At this apparent slight, R. Ḥiyya manifested chagrin, and R. Abbahu hastened to comfort him by comparing himself to the pedler of glittering fineries that always attracted the eyes of the masses, while his rival was a trader in precious stones, the virtues and values of which were appreciated only by the connoisseur.

Compounds containing calcium may also increase calcium output in the urine, which might be associated with kidney stones.

* Carbonate and bicarbonate: regular high doses may cause alkalosis, which in turn may result in altered excretion of other drugs, and kidney stones.

It is found on Abraxas stones which were worn as amulets.

Acids in the rain react with the calcium compounds in the stones to create gypsum, which then flakes off.

They were lighter and could outmaneuver the quinqueremes, where one objective was to ram the enemy ship and at the same time attack the above-deck crew with a shower of arrows and catapult-launched stones, which were large enough to decapitate a man.

The wall also has twelve foundations which are adorned with precious stones, and upon the foundations are written the names of the twelve apostles.

According to William Burt, in his notes to Dartmoor, a Descriptive Poem by N. T. Carrington ( 1826 ), the original tomb consisted of a pedestal of three steps, the lowest of which was built of four stones each six feet long and twelve inches square.

The whole is surrounded by a circle of granite stones set on their edge which once surrounded the cairn — the rocks of which are now scattered around — that was originally built over a large kistvaen that still exists beneath the pedestal.

He cleared out the kistvaen, reporting that it was 5 foot 6 inches ( 1. 7 m ) long by 2 foot 8 inches ( 86 cm ) wide and that unlike most kistvaens found on the moor, the stones lining it had apparently been shaped by man, which led him to suggest that it was less old than most.

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four rings.

The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game ; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones.

The largest stones including the lintels and gate jambs weighed well over 20 tonnes some may have been close to 100 tonnes.

Meanwhile, the stones used for the cairn, which together would have weighed around 200, 000 tonnes, were likely taken from the river terraces between Newgrange and the Boyne, and there is indeed a large pond in this area which it has been speculated was the site quarried out by Newgrange ’ s builders to use for material for the cairn.

Every month the stones, which weighed over a ton, would have to be replaced or repaired.

The Coral Castle remains a popular tourist attraction and many mysteries remain regarding how Leedskalnin was able to construct the structure and move stones that weighed many tons each.

Some of the stones which were dragged 60 miles to the Nile from Wadi Hammamat weighed 40 tons or more.

* Andy Fordham, who weighed in at a massive 30 stones 8 pounds () at the beginning of the series, was unable to walk more than a hundred metres before almost collapsing, but with help from drill instructor Harvey, Andy was able to run short distances.

The two upper steps were made of eight shorter but similarly shaped stones, and on top was an octagonal block about three feet high with a cross fixed upon it.

The settlers introduced chambered cairn tombs from around 3500 BC ( Maeshowe offers a prime example ), and from about 3000 BC the many standing stones and circles such as the Ring of Brodgar on Orkney and Callanish on Lewis.

The use of simple tools dates to about 2, 400, 000 BCE when various shaped stones were used to strike wood, bone, or other stones to break them apart and shape them.

Playing pieces are seeds, beans, stones, cowry shells, or other small undifferentiated counters that are placed in and transferred about the holes during play.

Gowland also took the opportunity to further excavate the monument in what was the most scientific dig to date, revealing more about the erection of the stones than the previous 100 years of work had done.

A shallow mound, rising to about was identified between stones 54 ( inner circle ) and 10 ( outer circle ), clearly separated from the natural slope.

A letter to the editor of the Morning Chronicle of 2 January 1819 states that " On the 19th of November, as the servants belonging to the West Mains of Dunsinane-house, were employed in carrying away stones from the excavation made among the ruins that point out the site of Macbeth's castle here, part of the ground they stood on suddenly gave way, and sunk down about six feet, discovering a regularly built vault, about six feet long and four wide.

Modern physics indicates that the choice of phrasing about lifting stones should relate to acceleration ; however, this does not in itself of course invalidate the fundamental concept of the generalized omnipotence paradox.

By the late 4th millennium BC, Sumer was divided into about a dozen independent city-states, which were divided by canals and boundary stones.

As Hawkins ( 1972 ) explains, the hypercomplex numbers are stepping stones to learning about Lie groups and group representation theory.

The Latin alphabet appeared about 600 BC, in Rome, and by the first century developed into Roman imperial capitals carved on stones, Rustic capitals painted on walls, and Roman cursive for daily use.

Nearby Neolithic standing stones and circles also exist, dating from about 4000 BC, following the introduction of farming in the area.

Nearby Neolithic standing stones and circles followed the introduction of farming from about 4000 BC, and a remarkably well preserved Bronze age log boat dated to around 1000 BC was found in the mudflats of the River Tay at Carpow to the east of Perth.

Hercules was about to cut him down with his sword when Telamon began to quickly assemble an altar out of nearby stones in honor of Hercules.

Information about the religious practices surrounding the Matres is limited to the stones on which their depictions and inscriptions are found, of which over 1, 100 exist.

On a Sunday night at about 10 o ' clock, the tavern home of George Walton, a planter, was showered with stones thrown " by an invisible hand.

In the Västra Strö village by the church there is an ancient monument consisting of five standing stones and two runestones DR 334 and DR 335 dating from about the year 1000.

It was described by Harris in 1744 as ' a curving quay about 400 feet ( 120 m ) long and 22 feet ( 6. 7 m ) wide built of uncemented stones '.

Unfortunately, as the last stones were about to be laid, away flew the cuckoo.

I was wonderfully surprised at the sight of theose vast stones, of which I had never heard before ; as also at the mighty Banke and Graffe about it.

Nearby is a circle of tumbled stones about 30 feet in diameter which is said to be where the dragons were hidden.