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GREAT STONE MONUMENTS FEWKES 



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mentioned as 10 feet in height. These babas are ainiost always found 

 associated with burial tumuli, and are interpreted by Castagne as 

 examples of the Roman custom of carrying wax masks of the de- 

 ceased, or images of the defunct, their presence being survivals of the 







Fig. 18. — Babas, grannies, Siberia, from Castagne. 



cultus of the dead that had a real and serious meaning to primitive 

 man. 



COLOSSI 

 The highest expression of the megalithic art appears in great single 

 stones carved into life forms known as colossi, of which the statues 

 of Memnon are good examples. In these monoliths man attempted to 



