Stone is a natural element whose existence is often ignored. However, stones can be very interesting. Both in terms of its beauty, its value is worth, or its function is integral to human life, which use them to put up buildings or equipment. Not just that, the stone can also be related to the history and spiritual side of man. There are at least six stone has its own story.
These six most famous stone on Earth:
1. Black Stone
in Mecca, in the middle of the Grand Mosque are the Kaaba - Muslims pray toward mecca in the world. On the corner of the shrine there is the Black Stone, a black stone believed to come from heaven. That said, she initially white, but the sins of our children and grandchildren of the Prophet Adam was the one who made it black.
Black Stone consists of eight pieces are gathered and tied with a silver circle. He has a unique scent. When Umrah or Hajj, Muslims scramble kiss - follow the guidance of the Prophet Muhammad.
Some people suspect, the rock is a meteorite, but from which the stone originated certainly still be a debate.
2. Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone is a fragment of an ancient Egyptian inscription that reads an edict issued by the priests on the anniversary of the coronation of King Ptolemy V (204-181 BC). The decree contained in three letters: ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, ancient scripts of ancient Egypt and Greece.
Initially stuck in a temple, the Rosetta Stone and then used as building material in a castle in the port city of el-Rashid or Rosetta. A French expedition in Egypt discovered the stone in 1799.
What makes the famous Rosetta stone? Stone was instrumental in deciphering the hieroglyphics of Egypt - who was then not able to be translated. Jean-Francois Champollion announced the first translation of the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta stone in 1822.
Stone, who weighs about 760 pounds now on display at the British Museum - is the most visited object in there. The stone belongs to the British in 1801 during the Napoleonic Wars. Later, the Egyptians asked for the stone was returned.
3. Stone Ayers, Uluru
or Ayers Rock is also known as Uluru is a large rock formation at National Park Uluru-Kata Tjuta, about 350 miles southwest of the city of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
Uluru is sacred to the Aboriginal objects with many springs, caves, and primitive paintings. It is a monolith - a large formation that consists of a single stone or stones - the largest in the world. This object is also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
4. Gibraltar Stone
Stone Giblartar also called by another name: the Pillars of Hercules or Calpe. Is a giant limestone promontory that looks over the Strait of Gibraltar, the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. Located in Gibraltar, at the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. This stone has a height of 426 meters.
According discoverGibraltar.com, the name 'Giblartar' believed to have originated from the Arabic 'Jebel Tarik' which means mountain Pull.
5. Blarney Stone
Blarney Stone is a series of blue rocks contained in Blarney Castle, located eight kilometers from Cork, Ireland. Legend has it, who kiss this stone will receive the gift of eloquence.
However, it is not easy to kiss the stone. The pilgrims have to lean backwards while holding on to the iron fence.
There are many legends that explain the origin of this stone. According to the site of Blarney Castle, the stone came from the island of Iona, Scotland. The stone is said to be a place to put the body of a saint who lived in exile, St. Columba. The stone was then taken to the Scottish mainland.
When the King of Munster, Cormac MacCarthy sending Irish troops to support the Robert de Bruce and his army in battle against the English at Bannockburn in 1314, part of the stone was given to Ireland as an expression of gratitude.
6. Stone Plymouth
Rock Plymouth used to mark the location of William Bradford and the pilgrims who found the colony of Plymouth. This stone is stamped with the year of their arrival into a new world, 1620. This stone is an important symbol in the history of the United States.
However, the truth of the story of the stone was in doubt because the journal Bradford and other contemporary sources do not mention the rock. The first article about the rock it was made a century later. Stone is now known as Plymouth Rock was ordained in 1774, when the city was moved by the spirit of the American Revolution.
Stone is currently estimated that only one third of its original size. The rest are missing is broken down into a souvenir in the 18th century and the 19th.
