Trilithon

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A trilithon or trilith

The word trilithon is derived from Greek 'having three stones' (τρι- tri- 'three' + λίθος líthos 'stone') and was first used in its modern archaeological sense by William Stukeley.

Other famous trilithons include those found in the

See also

• Dolmen
• Henge
• Megalithic architectural elements
• Menhir (standing stone)
• Stonehenge of the Netherlands

Citations

General sources

• Adam, Jean-Pierre (1977), "À propos du trilithon de Baalbek: Le transport et la mise en oeuvre des mégalithes" (PDF), Syria, 54 (1/2): 31–63,
  doi:10.3406/syria.1977.6623
• Gowland, W. (1902), "Recent Excavations at Stonehenge.", Man, 2: 22–26,
  JSTOR 2839874
• Ruprechtsberger, Erwin M. (1999), "Vom Steinbruch zum Jupitertempel von Heliopolis/Baalbek (Libanon)", Linzer Archäologische Forschungen, 30: 7–56
• Yule, Paul A. (2014), Cross-roads: Early and Late Iron Age South-eastern Arabia, Abhandlungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 30, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 73–77,
  JSTOR j.ctvc2rmc8