An omphalos is a religious stone artefact. In Ancient Greek, the word ὀμφᾰλός (omphalós) means "navel". Among the Ancient Greeks, it was a widespread belief that Delphi was the center of the world.

翁法洛斯（omphalos）在希腊语中意为“肚脐”，是一种人造的宗教性圆形石器，象征着“大地的肚脐”。 据说 宙斯 曾经放出两只 老鹰 ：一只向东飞，一只向西飞，这两只老鹰在环绕大地一圈后汇合于 德尔斐 ，因此这里即为大地的中心 [1] 。

2018年6月5日 · An omphalos is a powerful symbolic artifact made from stone. Considered the ‘navel of the world’, the central point from which terrestrial life originated, an omphalos was an object of Hellenic religious symbolism believed to allow direct communication with the gods.

Since then, Delphi has been considered by Greeks to be the center of the world, the omphalos – "navel of the Earth." The original stone is held in the museum of Delphi; there is a simplified copy at the site where it was found.

2023年5月2日 · 德尔斐被泛希腊世界的人们视为世界中心，还借助神话强化这一认知：宙斯从世界的两端各放出一只鹰，两只鹰在德尔斐相遇，相遇的具体位置由一个叫做“翁法洛斯”（omphalos）的圆形石器标定，“翁法洛斯”意为肚脐，因此，德尔斐被称为“世界之脐”。

2024年12月25日 · 结合3.0新球的图标为 莫比乌斯环 ，omphalos（翁法罗斯）和Amphoreus（双耳瓶）应该表达的是同一个意思——两条线的交叉之处。双耳瓶是两个圈圈交叉处有个瓶子，omphalos是两只鸟相飞交汇之处。

2021年9月8日 · Today, the term omphalos is commonly used in a figurative sense to denote the center of something, like the omphalos of confusion. Metaphorically, it can also be used to refer to the center of a geographical area, like a city, or the sea.

翁法洛斯 （omphalos）在希腊语中意为“肚脐”，是一种人造的宗教性圆形石器，象征着“大地的肚脐”。据说宙斯曾经放出两只老鹰：一只向东飞，一只向西飞，这两只老鹰在环绕大地一圈后汇合于德尔斐，因此这里即为大地的中心。

omphalos /ˈɒmfəˌlɒs/ 1.N (in the ancient world) a sacred conical object, esp a stone. The most famous omphalos at Delphi was assumed to mark the centre of the earth (古世界)圆锥形石; 在希腊古都特尔斐的最为著名，被假定为标出地球的中心 [1]

…altars, it was called the omphalos, “the navel” of the earth—i.e., the central point from which terrestrial life originated. In Vedic India the altar was regarded as a microcosm, its parts representing the various parts of the universe and its construction being interpreted as a repetition of the creation of…