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Nias Island Megaliths

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Monolithic stone tables, seats, and tall standing stones in traditional Nias villages in western Sumatra. Some pieces weigh over a ton. Pre-modern villagers transported and erected them using ritualized communal effort recorded in oral tradition.

1.0833°, 97.7333°

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