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Circular Mausoleum in Carsulae, Italy
This circular mausoleum at Carsulae (Italy) dates to the 1st century CE. It was built by cutting into a limestone crag and constructing a terrace wall in limestone opus quadratum. The tomb likely belonged to the Furia family. An inscription...
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Numidian Mausoleum of Thugga
Numidian mausoleum in the ancient city of Thugga (Dougga) in North Africa, mid-2nd century CE.
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Mausoleum of Theodoric, Ravenna
Mausoleum of Theodoric the Great, Ravenna, Italy, 520 CE. Built by Theodoric to be his tomb.
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Mausoleum of the Lollii, Tiddis
The Lollii were one of the important families of Castellum Tidditanorum (modern Tiddis in Algeria). Their circular mausoleum can still be seen some kilometres to the north of the site. The family tomb was erected by Quintus Lollius Urbicus...
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Doorway, Mausoleum of Augustus
The Mausoleum of Roman emperor Augustus in Rome. Completed in 28 BCE and, reaching a height of almost 45 metres and a diameter of 90 metres, it would hold the record as the largest tomb in the Roman world.
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Mausoleum of David Hume
The mausoleum of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) in the Old Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh.
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Model of Herod's Mausoleum
The model of Herod's mausoleum, the first storey was a plinth, which supported the second, square one; above this was a circular tholos, which incorporated an internal chamber surrounded by an Ionic colonnade, topped by a dome. Herodium...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu Mausoleum
Tokugawa Ieyasu Mausoleum, Nikko, Japan.
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Mausoleum of Shajara al-Durr
Mausoleum of Shajara al-Durr, sultana of Egypt (r. 1250) in the al-Khalifa neighbourhood, Cairo.
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Mausoleum, Glanum
The mausoleum tower at Glanum, which would have once stood alongside many other funerary monuments, dates to c. 40 BCE. It has traditionally been attributed to the three Julius brothers of Julius Caesar’s family but the names (Sectus, Lucius...