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* An [[omphalos]] is a certain kind of ancient religious stone artifact.

* '''''Omphalos''''' was a [[sculpture]] erected in (and subsequently removed from) a nature reserve in southern [[Sweden]], named after the [[omphalos]] in Delphi. See [[Ladonia (micronation)]].

* '''''Omphalos''''' is a place in [[Crete]] on the borders of the river Triton sacred to [[Zeus]]. It was named for the [[umbilical chord]] of Zeus, which fell to earth there.

* '''''Omphalos''''' is a book by [[Philip Gosse]]; see [[Omphalos (book)]].

* In [[theology]], the [[omphalos hypothesis]] says that God made the world appear old when He created it.