Sentences with phrase «large stone blocks»

Lubaantun in the south of the country, was probably constructed to be an administrative center, and is worth visiting for its large stone blocks, which are fitted precisely together without the use of mortar.

Not exact matches

The relentless pounding of the cascades may have spun large blocks of stone inside the pools at the bottom, drilling into the bedrock.

Zahi Hawass, an Egyptologist based in Cairo who chairs the committee that reviewed the research project, cautions against calling the cavity a «secret room,» as pyramid builders often left large gaps between stone blocks, a construction strategy that makes the pyramid's core look like Swiss cheese.

Larger stones may even block the flow of urine.

Smaller stones often pose a larger health risk because they can escape from the bladder into the urethra and get stuck, blocking the flow of urine.

A stone is a collection of crystals that formed into an object that can get large enough to block a urinary passage.

This is a particularly dangerous risk for male cats, whose narrow urethra can easily become blocked by a large kidney stone.

Large stones can block the urinary tract, which can lead to painful urination and a dangerous health condition.

As stones become larger, they can begin to block the flow of urine.

The large pyramids and residences are made of dresses stone blocks with no mortar binding them together.

The sport involves sliding large «stones» across a lane of ice and aiming to have them slow to a stop right on top of painted targets on the other end, or at least in a place to block the moves of opponents.

In the 1970s, the artist created large installations, such as 144 Blocks and Stones (1973) for the Portland Center for the Visual Arts, OR, and outdoor works such as Stone Field Sculpture (1977) in downtown Hartford, CT..

Carl Andre sets out gray stone blocks on edge, like mass - produced cinder blocks but a tad larger.

In the «70s, the artist prepared numerous large - scale installations, such as Blocks and Stones in 1973 for the Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Oregon, and outdoor works, such as Stone Field Sculpture in 1977 in Hartford.

Ikonen has disseminated small and larger objects throughout The Chimney: a wetsuit for the tip of an iceberg, a lifejacket for a brick, eroded stones tied back together with strings, a video hidden in a suit, stairs leading up to cinder block windows...

Then during the latter half of the 1980s he moved into a ground floor studio capable of handling heavy materials, and began working on a larger scale - typically producing rough stone blocks or smooth organic forms in cast metal.

The large works that have occupied him since 1969 are, in brief: Hubris, commissioned for the University of Hawaii at Manoa, one of Smith's most open and regular pieces to date, which consists of a two - section, 9 - by - 9 grid in black concrete, one half thin slabs at ground level, the other half the same grid raised to 3 feet 3 inches by a four - sided pyramidal module; Batcave, a complex environmental interior designed to «mold space and light» rather than material form, at the Osaka World's Fair, a new version of which will be shown soon at the Los Angeles County Museum; a gigantic triangular sculpture inserted into a Californian mountainside; a labyrinthine water garden for a delta; Smog, a huge new horizontal piece made from the dismantled components of Smoke (which was made for the Corcoran's «Scale as Content» show, 1967); Haole Center, a sunken square «pavement» within a square stone sculpture, with a metal ladder leading down below the earth's surface; two related monumental sculptures on platforms (Arch and Dial); and a flat 81 - block grid proposed for downtown Minneapolis.

PNC Bank has a large stone building on the same block as the White House, across from the U.S. Treasury Department headquarters.

Rizun and Stone's work appeared open - minded in light of past criticisms that have presented larger block proposals as ones that would perhaps weaken bitcoin's network of nodes, or the computer clients that store full copies of the bitcoin blockchain.

Stone Fireplace Details: Large reclaimed sandstone blocks were used on the fireplace.

Iconic 20th - century furniture creates a clever contrast to the large, exposed stone blocks.

The large format panels were cut to size and vein matched on the corners to create an illusion of a solid block of stone.