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What are steles?

What are steles? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (archaeology) plural of stele
  2. (archaeology) plural of stela
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The project consists of six engraved-glass steles and three art installations.
Two large hieroglyphed steles incised upon the face of a projecting mass of boldly rounded cliff.
A few years ago one of the Taewongun's steles could still be seen on the grounds of the recently restored Kyongbok Palace in Seoul.
It minted its own currency and carved enormous monolithic steles such as the Obelisk of Axum to mark their emperors' graves.
These steles, or mqabriya, always in fine white marble, were very carefully made by highly skilled marble masons.
Relief sculpture may also decorate steles, upright slabs, usually of stone, often also containing inscriptions.

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