A tomb is a small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. See also. List of Egyptian tombs cemetery funeral grave catacom ...

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The tomb known as "Virgil's tomb" is found at the entrance to the old Roman tunnel known as the grotta vecchia or cripta napoletana in the Parco Virgiliano in the Piedigrotta district of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. It is on the road heading north along the coast. Virgil's tomb is in a lovely spot on the hill between Mergellina and Fuorigrotta. Virgil's tomb is in a Roman burial vault dating back to the Augustan age. It is a small, unimpressive-looking structure, a ...

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A cadaver tomb (or "memento mori tomb", Latin for "reminder of death") is a sarcophagus that resembles a carved stone bunk-bed with the deceased shown alive on the top level (life-sized and often kneeling in prayer) and in death on the bottom level, in the grave and complete with worms, rot, and shroud. The term is sometimes used for a tomb that shows only the cadaver without the live person. It is intended as an allegory about how we are all going to end up and, thus, how transient earthly glory is. A depiction of a rotting cadaver in art (as oppos ...

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Evidence that the Royal Tanite tomb belonged to Takelot I was suggested long ago by the presence of grave goods found within the burial which mentioned his known parents: namely a Gold Bracelet and Alabaster Jar of Osorkon I, and a Ushabti figure of Queen Tashedkhons. In addition, a heart scarab found in the king's burial gave his name simply as "Takelot Meryamun" without the Si-Ese epithet used by Takelot II. Recent confirmation of this circumstantial evidence was published by Karl Jansen-Winkeln in 1987, whose examination of several written inscriptions on the tomb's walls proved beyond doubt that the person buried here could only ...

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Takelot I, Takelot I - Tomb, Takelot I - Authority

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In 1907, Arthur Weigall and Theodore Davis discovered a tomb known as "Tomb 55" in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb itself is a mystery, as the door bears the name Tutankhamen, the shrine and sarcophagus indicate that they were designed for Akhenaten's wife Kiya, and a very poorly preserved body that is considered, with about 80% certainty, to be male around 20 years of age. There are some indications that the body shares common traits with Tutankhamen, suggesting a close relative, but the poor degree of preservation makes this difficult to ...

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Smenkhkare, Smenkhkare - Identity, Smenkhkare - Family, Smenkhkare - Tomb

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Cixi was interred amidst the Eastern Qing Tombs (清東陵), 125 km (75 miles) east of Beijing, in the Dingdongling (定東陵) tomb complex (literally: the "Tombs east of the Dingling tomb"), along with Empress Dowager Ci'an. More precisely, Ci'an lies in the Puxiangyu Dingdongling (普祥峪定東陵) (literally: the "Tomb east of the Dingling tomb in the Vale of wide good omen"), while Cixi built herself the much larger Putuoyu Dingdongling (菩陀峪定東陵) (literally: the "Tomb east of the Dingling tomb in the Vale of Putuo"). The Di ...

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A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures. In the case of individual burials, the chamber is thought to signify a higher status for the interree than a simple grave. Built from rock or sometimes wood, the chambers could also serve as places for storage of the dead from one family or social group and were often used over long periods for the placemnet of multiple burials. There are numerous terms for them depending on the period, design and region in question. Most were built from large stones or megaliths and ...

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A beehive house is a primitive type of building made from a circle of stones topped with a domed roof. The name comes from the similarity in shape to a straw beehive. Beehive houses are known from as far back as around 2000 BC in Ireland and Scotland, and some were still being built as late as the nineteenth century. See also. Beehive Beehive tombs ...

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General view of area, showing littering of pots Umm el-Qa'ab (or sometimes Umm el Ga'ab) is the necropolis of the Early Dynastic kings at Abydos, in Egypt. It's modern name means 'Mother of Pots', as the whole area is littered with the broken pot shards of offerings made in later times (see picture). Umm el-Qa'ab - Pre-Dynastic Tombs. U-j – Unknown noble but possibly Serket I from scorpian insignia B1/B2 – Iry-Hor < ...

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A cenotaph is a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek words kenos, one meaning being "empty" and taphos, "tomb". [The other meaning for 'kenos' is a shade of grey on goats, the difference being in the pronounciation within the Hellenic language.] Cenotaph - The Cenotaph London. Probably the best-known cenotaph in the modern world is the one that stands in Whitehall, London. It was constructed from Portla ...

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The Basilica of Saint Denis (French: Basilique de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis) is the famous burial site of the French monarchs, comparable to Westminster Abbey in England. Almost all the kings of France were buried in the Basilica, but unlike Westminster Abbey it was not used for coronations (a role devoted to the Cathedral of Reims). The basilica is located in Saint Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris. Saint Denis is a patron saint of France and, according to legend, was the first bishop of Pa ...

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Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Robert E. Lee's home. It is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., next to the present day location of The Pentagon, and is served by the Arlington Cemetery station on the Blue Line of the Washington Metro system. Veterans from all the nation's wars are interred in the cemetery, from the American Revolution through the military actions in Af ...

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In addition to the twelve main Gods and the innumerable lesser deities, ancient Greeks used to worship an Unknown God (spelled Agnostos Theos in Greek). In Athens, there was a temple specifically dedicated to that God and very often Athenians used to swear "in the name of the Unknown God" (Νή τόν Άγνωστον). Apollodorus, Philostratus and Pausanias wrote about that God as well. According to the Bible, when the Apostle Paul visited Athens, he saw an altar with an inscription dedicated to that god, so whe ...

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Aakheperure Amenhotep II (d. 1401/1400 BC) was the seventh Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1427 BC to 1401 BC and is thought to have enjoyed a reign of 25 Years and 10 Months as a certain Misphragmouthosis according to Josephus' version of Manetho's Epitome. An inscription containing the king's prenomen was written on a wine jar from Amenhotep II's funerary temple at Thebes. It is dated to this king's highest known date--his Year 26--and names the Pharaoh's Vintner, Panehsy. Amenhotep II - Reig ...

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Abydos, one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, stood about 11 km (6 miles) west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N. The Egyptian name was Abdju (technically, 3bdw, hieroglyphs shown to the right), "the hill of the symbol or reliquary," in which the sacred head of Osiris was preserved. Thence the Greeks named it Abydos, like the city on the Hellespont; the modern Arabic name is Arabet el Madfuneh. Abydos, Egypt - History. The history of the city begins in the late prehistoric age, it ha ...

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Abydos, one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, stood about 11 km (6 miles) west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N. The Egyptian name was Abdju (technically, 3bdw, hieroglyphs shown to the right), "the hill of the symbol or reliquary," in which the sacred head of Osiris was preserved. Thence the Greeks named it Abydos, like the city on the Hellespont; the modern Arabic name is Arabet el Madfuneh. Abydos Egypt - History. The history of the city begins in the late prehistoric age, it hav ...

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Agra is an ancient city on the Yamuna River in India, within the state of Uttar Pradesh. It achieved prominence as the capital of the Mughal sovereigns from 1526 to 1658 and remains a major tourist destination because of its many splendid Mughal-era buildings, most notably the Taj Mahal. Agra - Location. Agra is situated on the bank of Yamuna river, situated between 27°11' North latitude and 78°0' degree to 78°2' East longitude, at 169 meters above sea level. On the north it is bounded by Mathura, on the ...

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The Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese: 慈禧太后; Hanyu Pinyin: Cíxǐ; Wade-Giles: Tz'u-hsi) (November 29, 1835 –November 15, 1908), popularly known in China as the Western Empress Dowager (西太后), and officially known posthumously as Empress Xiaoqin Xian (孝欽顯皇后), was a powerful and charismatic figure who was the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, ruling over C ...

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Following the 1967 War, Israel regained access to the site and a small Jewish seminary was built there in the 1980s. The site was also used as a military outpost, and a number of soldiers were stationed there to protect the seminary students and the site itself. Shechem was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1995, but the Israelis retained control over the site. When violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians began in the West Bank in October 2000, six Palestinians and one Israeli were killed in fighting around the tom ...

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Joseph's Tomb, Joseph's Tomb - Destruction of the tomb, Joseph's Tomb - Destruction of the grave covering

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