This massive Elberton Granite monument espousing the conservation of mankind was erected by anonymous sponsors in 1980.It weighs over 115 tons and 20 ft high They are engraved in 12 languages, including the archaic languages of Sanskrit, Babylonian, Cuneiform, Classical Greek, and Egyptian Hieroglyphic which are on the capstones. Other languages include English, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Classical Hebrew, Swahili, Hindu, and Spanish.
The sun shines through the small hole at eyelevel at noon every day of the year as long as the sun is shining. Because of the way the hole was cut , the shadow will also identify the month of the year.
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