11. During the long prime of the Spanish Main, Cuba was the geopolitical omphalos of the empire. 12. Recent studies by French archaeologists have demonstrated that the omphalos and the columns are connected and interlocked. 13. "I had a vision of Emory being the omphalos of the poetry world, " Schuchard said. 14. Sacred places constitute world centers ( omphalos ) with the altar or place of prayer as the axis. 15. The stone of the omphalos seems to have been decorated in high relief and had an oval shape. 16. They probably held a tripod ( not extant ) crowned by the omphalos displayed also in the same room. 17. Viewers are able to walk beneath the sculpture and look up into an " omphalos " or navel above them. 18. During the grand opening week in July 2004, press reports described the omphalos as the " spoon-like underbelly ". 19. Erwin Rohde wrote that the Python at Delphi was an earth spirit, who was conquered by Apollo and buried under the Omphalos . 20. In literature, the word, " omphalos " has held various meanings but usually refers to the stone at Delphi.
