Trilithon

A Trilith ( ancient Greek τρεῖς, τρία treis, tria "three" and ancient Greek λίθος lithos "stone", "rock" ) is a gateway, passage or an architectural component, which consists of two supporting stones and a resting (third) capstone, an independent has static and is not geared directly with other devices.

Trilithons are found primarily as components in Neolithic worship with megalith, including Stonehenge or the great temples on Malta ( Ħaġar Qim, Kordin, Mnajdra, Tarxien, or at the Ġgantija ), but also elsewhere, and in the bronze age architecture. The so-called megalithic culture was everywhere the the inventor of Trilithenlösung where they could work with wide smoothed stones that had a whopping circulation and thus a good self- statics.

The use of three stones, as it occurs in the Jochkonstruktionen many passage graves, the criterion is not met, however, because there are only three stony gate-like construction so designated, even if, as in Sars circle of Stonehenge had no gate function.

Baalbek

Deviating from the normal usage, a group of three adjacent blocks to the giant known for its gigantism Roman temples of Baalbek in Lebanon is called Trilith. Your average weight amounts to 800 t, so that the ensemble can be expected not only to the largest ancient monoliths, but even the entire story.