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Tomb of the Chariots, Populonia
The Tomb of the Chariots at the Etruscan site of Populonia, north-west Italy. The side chambers of the tomb contained a chariot and two-wheeled carriage. Mid-7th to early 6th century BCE.
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Tomb of Gwanggaeto the Great
The tomb of Goguryeo king Gwanggaeto the Great (r. 391–412 CE), aka the Tomb of the General, Korea. It measures 75 metres along the sides. The dolmen were originally placed at each of the four corners.
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Iron Peritrachelion (gorget) from Macedonian Tomb II of Vergina
Iron peritrachelion (gorget) with golden-silver decorative plate found in Macedonian Tomb II of Vergina, Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece. The tomb is dated to between the end of the 4th century BCE and the beginning of the 3rd century...
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Hegra Tomb
Nabataean tomb at Hegra, photograph by the Royal Commission of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. A Nabataean tomb at the magnificent site of Hegra, AlUla, Saudi Arabia. Hegra was a massive site settled during the Nabatean and Roman times. A UNESCO World...
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Tomb Niche & Stela of Chnumit
Limestone tomb niche with a false-door stela and 2 side walls. From the tomb of princess Chnumit (also written Khnumet), Saqqara (Sakkara), modern-day Egypt. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, circa 2200 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich...
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Ancient Egyptian Burial
Egyptian burial is the common term for the ancient Egyptian funerary rituals concerning death and the soul's journey to the afterlife. Eternity, according to scholar Margaret Bunson, “was the common destination of each man, woman and child...
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The Roman Domus
The Roman domus was much more than a place of dwelling for a Roman familia. It also served as a place of business and a religious center for worship. The size of a domus could range from a very small house to a luxurious mansion. In some...
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King Tutankhamun and the Discovery of His Tomb
King Tutankhamun (or King Tut as he is known) spent the early years of his life with the name Tutankhaten and was born in the eleventh year of the reign of his father Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, who is better known as Akhenaten. While he was a...
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Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World with Dr. Bob Brier
It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of dazzling items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and put on display. But there is far more to the...
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Mummified Girl from the Tomb of Aline
This girl, 6 or 7 years old at the time of death, was one of Aline's daughters and was found in the Tomb of Aline at Hawara, Faiyum, Egypt. The mummies of this girl and her father (Aline's husband) were covered with a mummy masks, not with...