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[[File:ACV Stonehenge.png|thumb|250px|Stonehenge, one of the most famous megaliths in the world]]
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A '''megalith''' is a structure, monument, or complex erected from one or more roughly hewn, giant stone slabs. They are invariably associated with prehistoric [[human]] cultures, with the most famous example being [[Stonehenge]]. Megalithic constructions on a smaller scale include singular '''standing stones''' and '''stone circles''', which are stones clustered together in a circular arrangement.
'''Stone Circles''' were a series of rock formations located throughout [[Egypt]] during the 1st Century BCE. In 48 BCE, the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] explored the stone circles as a promise to his deceased son [[Khemu]], who had wanted to explore all of the stone circles and the [[Great Sphinx]] before his death a year earlier.


== Stone Circles ==
==History==
[[File:ACO Serqet Stone Circle.png|thumb|250px|The Serqet stone circle (foreground) and constellation]]
During the mid-1st century BCE, the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] frequented the stone circle outside of Siwa with his son, [[Khemu]]. During their stays at the circle, they discussed the stars, the gods, and whatever was troubling Khemu's mind.<ref name="Bayek's Promise">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Bayek's Promise]]</ref> Following Khemu's murder in 49 BCE,<ref name="TheFalseOracle">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The False Oracle]]</ref> Bayek sought out and visited numerous stone circles throughout Egypt, as well as the [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]] in [[Giza]], as Khemu had wanted to do.<ref name="Bayek's Promise"/> Years later in 38 BCE, Bayek found two more stone circles in [[Sinai]], and reminisced about Khemu there as well.<ref name="THO">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]''</ref>


=== '''Amum''' ===
In the late 5th and early 6th centuries, the [[Ireland|Irish]] saint [[Brendan of Clonfert]] traveled the [[British Isles]]<ref name="Valhalla">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref><ref name="Crossover">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''</ref> and to [[Vinland]],<ref name="Valhalla"/> drawn to many standing stones due to his [[Sage|connection]] to the [[Isu]] [[Aita]] trying to find his "[[Juno|beloved]]". He left his [[Etchings of Saint Brendan|musings]] at each monument, and centuries later, the 9th century [[Vikings|Viking]] [[shieldmaiden]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] would also find these locations and the notes Brendan left there. Eivor later briefly travelled to [[Ireland]],<ref name="Wrath">''Assassin's  Creed: Valhalla – [[Wrath of the Druids]]''</ref> where she saw examples of various standing stones.
[[File:Amun.jpg|thumb|371x371px]]
“Amun, the king of gods, divided in two forms as the great goddess of invisibility Amunet, and master of the wind. He upholds justice. Lord of the shadows and the silence, he comes at the voice of the poor. He hears the confessions of the humble, and forgives them.”


Amun is the Stone Circle where Bayek took his son not long before. It is located just south of the village of Siwa.
==Examples of megaliths==
===Ancient Egypt===
*Amun
*Ankh
*Apis
*Divine Lion
*Goat Fish
*The Great Twins
*Hathor
*Horus
*Osiris
*Pisces
*The Scales
*Serqet
*Sobek
*Taweret


=== '''Apis''' ===
===British Isles===
[[File:Apis.jpg|thumb|375x375px]]
*[[Aescforda Stones]], [[Nottinghamshire]]
“Apis, the bull god. He is the strength of the Pharaoh. Each year he is born as a calf with special markings. The Pharaoh finds this calf, and worships it.”
*[[Aveberie Megaliths]], [[Hampshire]]
*[[Cosintun]], [[Leicestershire]]
*[[Devil's Quoits]], [[Gloucestershire]]
*[[Lord and Lady]], [[Cambridgeshire]]
*[[Eorthburg Hlaw]], Nottinghamshire
*[[Medeuuage Megaliths]], [[Kent]]
*[[Mycel Fold]], [[Shropshire]]
*[[Rodestan Monolith]], [[Yorkshire]]
*[[Rollendritch]], Gloucestershire
*[[Seahenge]], [[East Anglia]]
*[[Stonehenge]], Hampshire
*[[Fairy Glen]], [[Isle of Skye]]


The second Stone Circle in Isolated Desert is found in the far southeastern portion of the territory, near the border with both Faiyum and Saqqara Nome. It requires a bit of a climb, as it sits on the cliff high above.
===Japan===
*Kameishi
*Masuda-no-Iwafune
*Sakefune-ishi stone


=== '''Divine Lion''' ===
===Vinland===
[[File:Divine Lion.jpg|thumb|378x378px]]
*[[Tionontaté:ken]]
“The Divine Lion, the powerful one. Her breath formed the desert. The fiercest of hunters, she leads the armies of the Pharaoh into battle.”


Find the Divine Lion Stone Circle in the northeastern section of Iment Nome, west of Temple of Sekhmet.
==Behind the scenes==
The stone circles in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' seem to be based on archaeo-astronomical structures found at {{Wiki|Nabta Playa}} in the [[Nubia]]n {{Wiki|Nubian Desert|Desert}}.


=== '''Goat Fish''' ===
The Hathor Stone Circle and the Serqet Stone Circle in the game seem to have been accidentally switched, as one of the prayers to Serqet used by her [[Cult of Serqet|cult]] states, ''"Serqet, Selqet, Selkit we perform these rites in the shadow of your stone circle. In the caves beneath your stars."''<ref name="TasteOfHerSting">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Taste of her Sting]]</ref> However, the cave near the [[House of Serqet]] is actually under the Hathor Stone Circle.
[[File:Goat Fish.jpg|thumb|376x376px]]
“The Goat-Fish, called Capricornus by the Greeks. The god has the head of a ram and body of a fish. You see, even the gods do not always make sense.”


In the far western Isolated Desert, just beyond the Tomb of the Nomads, look for the steps that lead up to a small, deserted base in the mountain. Turn east to find the Stone Circle on a plateau. You can also just climb the side of the cliff to reach it.
Each constellation in the game lines up with one of the {{Wiki|IAU designated constellations|88 modern constellations}} found in the night sky. These constellations align with the Greek or Babylonian {{wiki|zodiac}} rather than the Egyptian {{wiki|decan}}s.


=== '''The Great Twins''' ===
==Gallery==
[[File:The Great Twins.jpg|thumb|378x378px]] “Ahhhh, the Great Twins. To the Greeks they are twin brothers. To Egyptians they are he-goats that rise from the underworld, bringing pestilence and protection. Even the gods have two sides.”
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center">
Guang-yu-tan-ACO-CA-StoneCircle2.jpg|Concept art of stone circles
Guang-yu-tan-ACO-CA-StoneCircle3.jpg|Concept art of stone circles
ACO Stone Circle - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of a stone circle
ACV Sacred Beech Standing Stones - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of standing stones
ACV Standing Stones - Concept Art by Raphael Lacoste.jpg|Concept art of standing stones
ACV Rodestan Monolith.png|Rodestan Monolith
ACV Seahenge.png|Seahenge
ACV Aveberie Megaliths.jpg|Aveberie Megaliths
ACV Medeuuage Megaliths.jpg|Medeuuage Megaliths
ACV Tionontatéken.jpg|Tionontaté:ken
</gallery>


<nowiki> </nowiki>The Great Twins sits in the northern lake among the rocks near the western shore.
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
**''[[Wrath of the Druids]]''
**''[[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''


=== '''Hathor''' ===
==References==
[[File:Hathor.jpg|thumb|376x376px]]
{{Reflist}}
“Hathor, goddess of motherhood and joy. She is loved by all in Egypt, from the least to the greatest. Mistress of the West, she welcomes the dead to the afterlife.”
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Hathor is situated in the middle of the eastern coast of Ka-Khem Nome’s biggest island.
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=== '''Horus''' ===
[[Category:Monuments]]
[[File:Horus.jpg|thumb|378x378px]]
“That is Horus, the Falcon. The Great Black One. God of the sky. The sun is his right eye and the moon is his left eye. Forever he flies across the heavens, making night and day.”
 
If available, use the Fast Travel point in north-central Uab Nome. This puts you just southeast of the Horus Stone Circle. Follow the narrow path south to find the stones on the rocky cliff above.
 
=== '''Osiris''' ===
[[File:Osiris.jpg|thumb|376x376px]]
“Osiris was cut into 14 pieces by his jealous brother, who scattered the pieces throughout the land. Osiris’ wife Iset searched and found all the pieces except one… It was eaten by a fish. It was his, ah… So Osiris was resurrected and became lord of the underworld.”
 
In the Qattara Depression region, just east of the western mountains, the Osiris Stone Circle sits just west of a path.
 
=== Pisces ===
[[File:Pisces.jpg|thumb|376x376px]]
“Pisces, the two fish. Joined by the thread of this life, they are forever balanced between the afterlife and the underworld.”
 
The Pisces Stone Circle sits in the swampland on the east side of Faiyum, along the lake, east of Philadelphia.
 
=== The Scales ===
[[File:The Scales.jpg|thumb|378x378px]]
“Those are the Scales, called Chonsu. When we die, the goddess Ma’at weighs our hearts on them against her white feather. If our hearts are pure and light, we walk in the Field of Reeds.”  
 
The second Stone Circle in Uab Nome sits near the Nile coast in the northeastern portion of the territory, at the south end of a very short branch of the river.
 
=== Serqet ===
[[File:Serqet.jpg|thumb|379x379px]]
“The scorpion goddess, Serqet. She protected Iset and Horus from jealous Set. She still protects against poisonous animals. But not love. Against that there is no protection, not even the gods can.”
 
Find the Serqet Stone Circle in the narrow, northwestern section of Iment Nome, west of Lake Mareotis.
 
=== Tawert ===
[[File:Stone Circle Taweret.jpg|right|379x379px|Taweret]]
“Oh, Taweret, the hippopotamus who walks. Lady of the Birth House, she is the goddess of fertility and childbirth. Mistress of the Horizon, she brings with her the yearly flood of Ar.”
 
In western Faiyum, sitting on the northern shore of the lake, Taweret is found at the end of a short path that cuts through the rock.
 
=== The Planetarium ===
When all 12 Stone Circles are complete, you must return to the Amun Stone Circle and approach the objective marker behind the tree to place the final rock. To complete the promise, you must travel to the Great Sphinx in Giza.
 
==Reference==
* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''
[[Category:Bayek's collections]]

Latest revision as of 16:04, 12 May 2026

Stonehenge, one of the most famous megaliths in the world

A megalith is a structure, monument, or complex erected from one or more roughly hewn, giant stone slabs. They are invariably associated with prehistoric human cultures, with the most famous example being Stonehenge. Megalithic constructions on a smaller scale include singular standing stones and stone circles, which are stones clustered together in a circular arrangement.

History[edit | edit source]

The Serqet stone circle (foreground) and constellation

During the mid-1st century BCE, the Medjay Bayek of Siwa frequented the stone circle outside of Siwa with his son, Khemu. During their stays at the circle, they discussed the stars, the gods, and whatever was troubling Khemu's mind.[1] Following Khemu's murder in 49 BCE,[2] Bayek sought out and visited numerous stone circles throughout Egypt, as well as the Great Sphinx in Giza, as Khemu had wanted to do.[1] Years later in 38 BCE, Bayek found two more stone circles in Sinai, and reminisced about Khemu there as well.[3]

In the late 5th and early 6th centuries, the Irish saint Brendan of Clonfert traveled the British Isles[4][5] and to Vinland,[4] drawn to many standing stones due to his connection to the Isu Aita trying to find his "beloved". He left his musings at each monument, and centuries later, the 9th century Viking shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan would also find these locations and the notes Brendan left there. Eivor later briefly travelled to Ireland,[6] where she saw examples of various standing stones.

Examples of megaliths[edit | edit source]

Ancient Egypt[edit | edit source]

  • Amun
  • Ankh
  • Apis
  • Divine Lion
  • Goat Fish
  • The Great Twins
  • Hathor
  • Horus
  • Osiris
  • Pisces
  • The Scales
  • Serqet
  • Sobek
  • Taweret

British Isles[edit | edit source]

Japan[edit | edit source]

  • Kameishi
  • Masuda-no-Iwafune
  • Sakefune-ishi stone

Vinland[edit | edit source]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

The stone circles in Assassin's Creed: Origins seem to be based on archaeo-astronomical structures found at Nabta Playa in the Nubian Desert.

The Hathor Stone Circle and the Serqet Stone Circle in the game seem to have been accidentally switched, as one of the prayers to Serqet used by her cult states, "Serqet, Selqet, Selkit we perform these rites in the shadow of your stone circle. In the caves beneath your stars."[7] However, the cave near the House of Serqet is actually under the Hathor Stone Circle.

Each constellation in the game lines up with one of the 88 modern constellations found in the night sky. These constellations align with the Greek or Babylonian zodiac rather than the Egyptian decans.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Concept art of stone circles
    Concept art of stone circles
  • Concept art of stone circles
    Concept art of stone circles
  • Concept art of a stone circle
    Concept art of a stone circle
  • Concept art of standing stones
    Concept art of standing stones
  • Concept art of standing stones
    Concept art of standing stones
  • Rodestan Monolith
    Rodestan Monolith
  • Seahenge
    Seahenge
  • Aveberie Megaliths
    Aveberie Megaliths
  • Medeuuage Megaliths
    Medeuuage Megaliths
  • Tionontaté:ken
    Tionontaté:ken

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Origins – Bayek's Promise
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – The False Oracle
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Hidden Ones
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Taste of her Sting
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