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The iconic Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the best-known examples of a shaft and chamber tomb Cross-section diagram of the ancient Egyptian shaft and chamber tomb inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. A shaft and chamber tomb is a type of chamber tomb used by some ancient peoples for burial of the dead. They consist of a shaft dug into the ...
Mycenaean shaft tombs at Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 16th century BCE in Argolis, Greece, the resting place of the Mycenaean ruling families The burial pit shaft tomb of the Tomb of Lady Fu Hao, 1200 BCE Shang dynasty, the wife and queen of Chinese general, Fu Hao and King Wu Ding in Anyang, Henan Province, China A shaft tomb exhibit of the Western Mexico shaft tomb culture, 300 BCE and 400 CE at ...
Reconstruction of excavated shaft tomb exhibited at the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico.. The Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition refers to a set of interlocked cultural traits found in the western Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and, to a lesser extent, Colima to its south, roughly dating to the period between 300 BCE and 400 CE, although there is not wide agreement on this end date.
The sealed chamber was a tomb used for families over several generations through the 12 th and the beginning of the 13 th dynasties in Egypt. The unique pieces of jewelry found link the remains to ...
Recreation of a shaft and chamber tomb from the Casa de Cultura in Tala, Jalisco, Mexico. Shaft and chamber tombs were typically used for related family members, possibly part of a lineage. [31] [12] [32] Archaeologists consider shaft and chamber tombs to be an expression of broader Mesoamerican beliefs. Chambers may represent artificial caves ...
KV27 is located between tombs KV21 and KV28 in a side wadi that branches off the main valley. The tomb has a simple layout, consisting of a shaft and four rooms. [1] It is most similar to KV30 and appears to be an expanded version of a shaft tomb with a single room, or it may represent an architectural halfway between a single-roomed shaft tomb and those which have multiple rooms opening from ...
KV31 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.Only the top of the shaft was known prior to excavation by the University of Basel Kings' Valley Project in 2010, and no earlier excavations are known, although it is suggested that the stone sarcophagus excavated by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817 may have originated from this tomb.
The Riedlingen chamber grave—likely completed around around 585 B.C.—has a completely preserved ceiling, walls, and floor all made of solid oak, and was tucked away about 27 inches below the ...