- This list includes two colossal stones that were intended to be moved; however they were never broken free of the quarry in which they were carved and therefore they would be considered carved in situ.
- Most of these were carved in ancient times.
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- In most cases, especially in India, the sculptures were carved out of "soft" rock like basalt or volcanic tuff. However in some cases they were carved out of harder rock like sandstone, or even granite in the case of the unfinished obelisk. The Egyptians may have been limited to using 10 pound dolerite balls to chip away at the granite.
- Dynamite was used in the carving of Mount Rushmore, another of the few colossal sculptures that was carved out of granite.
Africa
Asia
- Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt – limestone
- Abu Simbel, Egypt – sandstone
- The unfinished obelisk at Aswan, Egypt – granite
- Seti I, Egypt – limestone
- Church of Saint George, Lalibela, Ethiopia – volcanic tuff
- One of the Buddhas of Bamyan
- Buddhas of Bamyan, Afghanistan – sandstone, destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban
- Somapura Mahavihara, Bangladesh
- Leshan Giant Buddha, China
- Bingling Temple, China
- Ajanta Caves, India
- Badami Cave Temples, India
- Elephanta Caves, India
- Barabar Caves, India
- Ellora Caves, India
- Kailashnath_Temple,_Ellora, India
- Kanheri Caves, India
- List of India cave temples
- Vijayanagara, India
- Mahabalipuram, India
- Bagastana, Iran
- Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran
- Naqsh-e Rajab, Iran
- Petra, Jordan – sandstone
- "The stone of the south" near Baalbek, Lebanon – limestone
- Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia
- Sigiriya, Sri Lanka – granite
- Cappadocia, Turkey
Americas
Europe
- Lion Monument, Switzerland
- Čertovy hlavy, Czech Republic
- Madara Rider, Bulgaria
- Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni, Malta
Statue of Decebalus, Romania
- Dovbush rocks, Ukraine
Tabula Traiana, Serbia
Vardzia, Georgia