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Veii (pron. WEE eye) - or Veius - was in ancient times, an important Etrurian city 18 km NNW of Rome, Italy. Veii was the richest city of the Etruscan League, on the southern border of Etruria. As the nearest Etruscan city to Rome, it was continually at war with Rome for nearly 400 years. It eventually fell to the Roman general Camillus's army in 396 BC. Veii continued to be occupied after its capture by the Romans; Livia had an estate there, according to Suetonius. It was famous for its statuary including a statue of Tiberius (now in the Vatican), and th ...

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Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb site located near the Uffington White Horse and Uffington Castle in the English county of Oxfordshire. The later mound was 185 feet long and 43 feet wide at the south end. Its present appearance is the result of restoration following excavations undertaken by Stuart Piggott and Richard Atkinson in 1962-63. They demonstrated that the site had been built in two different phases, a timber chambered oval barrow built around 3700 BC and th ...

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The Court cairn is a variety of megalithic chamber tomb found in south west Scotland and central and northern Ireland. They are alternatively known as Clyde Carlingford tombs, horned cairns or court tombs. The term was devised by the Irish archaeologist, Rúaidhri De Valera in the 1960s to cover a variety of different tombs that have certain architectural elements in common. The Scottish tomb builders generally favoured inhumation whilst in Ireland, prior cremation was preferred for burials placed in their ...

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Cloghanmore is a megalithic chamber tomb of the court tomb (or court cairn) type located in County Donegal, Ireland, about 8 km east from Carrick in the township of Malin More on the minor road. Access to the tomb is via a bridge and concrete path. It is situated in very marshy ground and can be difficult to navigate in wet weather. The tomb is oriented in an east to west fashion, with the main entrance located on the eastern end. It is a large tomb, with parallel twin galleries to either side of the entrance. There are two wes ...

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Beehive tombs, also known as Tholos tombs (plural tholoi), are a style of Mycenaean chamber tomb from the Bronze Age. Beehive tombs developed from Mycenaean shaft tombs, which first appear around 1600 BC. After about 1500 BC, beehive tombs became more widespread. They were built as corbelled arches, layers of stone and dirt placed closer together as the arch tapers toward the top of the tomb. This style is probably an influence from Minoan tombs. Each tomb usually contains more than one person, in various places i ...

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The term Beehive can refer to several different things: Beehive (beekeeping) is a human-provided structure in which bees are induced to live and raise their young. It includes traditional designs such as skeps and gums and modern designs such as: Langstroth hive Top-bar hive (also known as the Kenyan hive) Beehive houses are an early form of stone building found in Scotland and Ireland. Beehive tombs are a style of Mycenaean chamber tomb from the Bronze Age. The Bee ...

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A tumulus (plural tumuli or tumuluses) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or kurgans and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn. The method of inhumation may involve a cist, a mortuary enclosure, a mortuary house or a chamber tomb. Examples of barrows include Duggleby Howe and Maeshowe. Tumulus - Sites.

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Tumulus - Scandinavia. Burial mounds were in use until the 11th century in Scandinavia. In their undamaged state they appear as small, man-made hillocks, though many examples have been damaged by ploughing or deliberately damaged so that little visible evidence remains. By burning the deceased, it was believed that the person was transferred to Valhalla by the consuming force of the fire. The fire could reach temperatures of 1500 °C. The remains were covered with cobblestones and then a layer of gravel an ...

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Tumulus - Scandinavia. Burial mounds were in use until the 11th century in Scandinavia. In their undamaged state they appear as small, man-made hillocks, though many examples have been damaged by ploughing or deliberately damaged so that little visible evidence remains. By burning the deceased, he was moved to Valhalla by the consuming force of the fire. The fire could reach temperatures of 1500 °C. The remains were covered with cobblestones and then a layer of gravel and sand and finally a thin layer of ...

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