stele

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Sixty-five of the artifacts are funerary stelae — stone slabs featuring carved heads — traced to the second half of the first millennium B.C. in northwest Yemen.

From Washington Post

With Ukrainian investigators still cataloging the losses of missing oil paintings, ancient steles, bronze pots, coins, necklaces and busts, the number of reported stolen items is likely to grow.

From New York Times

In an emailed statement the spokesperson noted that 28 stelae engraved with the same decree written by Egyptian priests had been discovered, starting with the Rosetta Stone in 1799, and that 21 remain in Egypt.

From Reuters

The stately mixed-media steles — most over six feet tall, like Malcolm X himself — were also informed by Chase-Riboud’s study of ancient Egyptian funerary practices.

From New York Times

From a distance, they resemble the marble steles that ancient societies once used to record battles or royal lineages for posterity.

From New York Times