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The grave of the US author Herman Melville (1819 – 1891). To the right is the grave of his wife. Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.

A Mycenaean grave stele of poros stone depicting spirals and a charioteer. Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 16th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

The 13th-century story of a faithful dog, The Legend of Gelert became so popular that, in the 18th century, a hotel owner in Wales claimed to have found Gelert's grave and charged tourists to see it. Gelert's supposed grave remains a tourist...

A sandstone grave stelw from Palmyra, Syria. Known as the grave stele of Abkha, daughter of Akhou. 2nd century CE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

Trade and commerce were essential components of the success and expansion of the Byzantine Empire. Trade was carried out by ship over vast distances, although for safety, most sailing vessels were restricted to the better weather conditions...

The Phoenicians, based on a narrow coastal strip of the Levant, put their excellent seafaring skills to good use and created a network of colonies and trade centres across the ancient Mediterranean. Their major trade routes were by sea to...

The Bronze Age Aegean in the eastern Mediterranean encompassed several powerful entities: the Minoans on Crete; the Mycenaeans on mainland Greece, and the Cypriots on Cyprus. These cultures are often examined separately, and thus the ample...

An April 1945 photograph of a mass grave at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, a labour camp in Germany run by the Nazi SS. (Imperial War Museums)

The grave of the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). Tikhvin cemetery, St. Petersburg.

The grave of the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883) at his home Wahnfried in Bayreuth, Germany.