drawing of a monolithic temple of Ancient Egypt (<i>fanum ex unico lapide constructum</i>), described by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus" class="extiw" title="w:Herodotus">Herodotus</a>, from 1679 book <i>Turris Babel</i> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_Kircher" title="Athanasius Kircher">Athanasius Kircher</a>
Athanasius Kircher
Downloaded from Internet Archive, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://archive.org/details/turrisbabelsivea00kirc/page/n6/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/turrisbabelsivea00kirc/page/n6/mode/2up</a>; the scanned copy is part of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rogerwagner">the collection of Roger Wagner</a>