Sentences with phrase «granite blocks»

The huge granite blocks do not only dominate the land above water but also beneath the ocean where they are no less impressive.

The first thing that hits us as we arrive in Cusco are the perfect pieces of stone Inca walls; enormous granite blocks carved to fit together perfectly without the aid of mortar beds.

In the sculpture entitled Correction, 2001 the artist takes the natural forms of solid granite blocks and applies cuts that follow the veins of the stones, turning them into geometric polyhedrons and thereby cultural artifacts.

Later, leave for visiting the popular tourist attractions that include the Shore Temple - an 8th century temple built from granite blocks, Varaha Cave temple — a rock - cut cave temple that is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Arjuna's Penance - built during the 7th century, this structure is also known as the Descent of Ganges.

Benches are nothing more than rectilinear granite blocks.

In every detail, the temple carefully mimics Egyptian religious architectural styles, right down to the pair of enormous gray granite blocks that supported a model of Amun's ship, a bark in which he sailed the heavens.

It transforms the RX — but it doesn't just swap the marshmallows for granite blocks; if anything, the ride is even more comfortable than before.

The streets are often lined with incredible Incan walls built of giant granite blocks.

From Sayaqmarka onward, most of the trail is finely paved granite blocks.

Companion piece «Untitled (shaky blood stone)» (2014) looks across from a corner; a motorised piece of red and hardened epoxy glue shivering in the chiseled niche of a solid granite block.

One of the most impressive architectural attractions are the incredible Inca walls, created from enormous granite blocks that were carved to fit together perfectly without the aid of mortar beds.

When Pip got angry, it wasn't really at her mother but at the granite block.

Positioned on the gallery floor, each of the granite blocks correlate with the astronomical siting of stars within the sky.

Concerned with the fallibility of measurement, each granite block presented is one hand span high, an ancient way measuring without apparatus using only ones hand.

His works and materials — granite blocks and other cut or natural stone, bricks, raw wooden timbers, steel plates, and repeating geometric shapes of various other metals — reflect the quarries, shipyards, and islands of his birthplace and his years spent as a freight - train brakeman.

Two oxidised bronze snakes hang around a granite block, reminiscent of a well.