HELIOLITHIC


Meaning of HELIOLITHIC in English

|hēlēə|lithik adjective

Etymology: heli- (I) + -lithic

1. : marked by, observing, or associated with practices (as sun worship and the erection of megaliths) held by some diffusionists to constitute a single widespread neolithic culture originating in Egypt

heliolithic culture

heliolithic peoples

heliolithic monuments

2. : postulating an Egyptian origin for heliolithic traits found as the basis of higher culture in many parts of the world

the heliolithic theory

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