- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Georgia Guidestones
- Date of Original:
- 1980/2021
- Subject:
- Monuments--Georgia--Elbert County
Granite--Georgia--Elbert County
Sun--Rising and setting - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Elbert County, 34.11679, -82.8401
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Known as "America's Stonehenge," the Georgia Guidestones in Elbert County were unveiled on March 22, 1980, after a mysterious man known as R. C. Christian commissioned a local company to engrave the stones with ten maxims to "an age of reason." The text on the guidestones is presented in twelve different languages.
Photograph of the Georgia Guidestones, which form a huge granite monument that stands on one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia. A vivid pink-and-purple sunset spreads behind the monument.
The monument's four supporting stones are each over sixteen feet in height and bear ten guides or commandments dealing with government, population control, the environment, and spirituality. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/georgia-guidestones/m-7020/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/georgia-guidestones
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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