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A tomb (Ancient Greek: τύμβος tumbos [1]) or sepulchre (Latin: sepulcrum) is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes.
A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb (plural tholoi; from Greek θολωτός τάφος, θολωτοί τάφοι, "domed tombs"), is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by corbelling, the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones.
A hypogeum or hypogaeum (plural hypogea or hypogaea, pronounced / h aɪ p ɒ ɡ eɪ ə /; literally meaning "underground", from Greek hypo (under) and ghê (earth) [1]) is an underground temple or tomb. Hypogea will often contain niches for cremated human remains or loculi for buried remains. Occasionally tombs of this type are referred to as ...
In 1995, Greek archaeologist Liana Souvaltzi announced that she identified one alleged tomb in Siwa with that of Alexander. The claim was put in doubt by the then general secretary of the Greek Ministry of Culture, George Thomas, who said that it was unclear whether the excavated structure is even a tomb. [22]
A tomb at Marathon contained the remains of horses that may have been sacrificed at the site after drawing the funeral cart there. The Mycenaeans seem to have practiced secondary burial , when the deceased and associated grave goods were rearranged in the tomb to make room for new burials.
Etruscan tomb at Cerveteri, Necropolis of the Banditaccia. The circular tumulus was the most common form of early Greek tomb, often revetted by a vertical or sloping stone wall round the base, a type still seen in abundance in Etruscan necropoli like the "Necropolis of the Banditaccia" at Cerveteri near Rome. The top was a mound of earth, with ...
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered what they believe to be the remains of an Ancient Greek courtesan.. The cremated remains of a young woman were found in a burial cave alongside a perfectly ...
"Cenotaph" means "empty tomb" and is derived from the Greek κενοτάφιον, kenotaphion, a compound word that is created from the morphological combination of two root words: [1] [2] [3] κενός, kenos meaning "empty" τάφος, taphos meaning "tomb", from θαπτω, thapto, 'I bury'