The Masuda-no-Iwafune, a huge carved granite block with a flat-topped ridge and cut channel, standing among bamboo near Asuka, Japan
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Masuda-no-Iwafune

An 800 ton granite block near Asuka was carved with two square holes, then left.

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Two square holes, side by side. A double tomb, or something else?

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Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

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