An altar stone is a piece of natural stone containing relics in a cavity and intended to serve as the essential part of an altar for the celebration of...

The Altar Stone is a recumbent central megalith at Stonehenge in England, dating to Stonehenge phase 3i, around 2600 BCE. It is identified as Stone 80...

there. Altars in the Hebrew Bible were typically made of earth or unwrought stone. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places. The first altar recorded...

in Australia identifying the origin of the Altar Stone, which is partially buried by a collapsed sarsen stone, as having come from the Orcadian Basin in...

usage is unknown though it has often been assumed to be an offering or altar stone. Minoan pottery Minoan chronology Minoan art Minoan religion Minoan eruption...

altar and the place of celebration, as the ancient Fathers of the Church often assert: 'This altar should be an object of awe: by nature it is stone,...

and are still being produced, although in more limited quantities. The Altar Stone in Stonehenge, a 6-tonne shaped sandstone block, originally thought to...

Bible were typically made of earth (Exodus 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25). Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Genesis 22:9; Ezekiel...

because its altar stone came from Sion. In this country (as they say) they have the custom always to name the churches by the altar stone, because on...

Drombeg stone circle (also known as The Druid's Altar) is a small axial stone circle located 2.4 km (1.5 mi) east of Glandore, County Cork, Ireland. Although...