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The Lion Tomb, Hegra
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The Lion Tomb, Hegra

The Lion Tomb is located in the Qasr al-Bint Nabataean Necropolis of Hegra (now in Saudi Arabia). The façade of the tomb is decorated with a carving of two felines on either side of a rosette. The name of the stonemason who carved the tomb...
Halfa Grass Rope from the Tomb of Seti I
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Halfa Grass Rope from the Tomb of Seti I

The mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh Seti I (Sety, Sethi, or Sethos) was transported to Dier- el-Bahri in around 968 BCE. The tomb itself was discovered by Giovanni Belzoni in the 19th century CE. Belzoni found this rope hanging from a small...
Tomb of Payava, East Side
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Tomb of Payava, East Side

This relief, which is seen on the east side of the Payava Tomb, depicts a battle of cavalry and foot soldiers. The inscriptions in Lycian record that the tomb was built by Payava. The Payava tomb is a limestone tomb with gabled roof. It was...
Banpo Village Tomb
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Banpo Village Tomb

Banpo Village is a Neolithic site in the Yellow River Valley, east of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, in the People's Republic of China. There have been 250 discovered and excavated with male and female buried in separate graveyards. The site was...
Populonia Tumulus Tomb
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Populonia Tumulus Tomb

One of three tumulus tombs with stone plinths located in the Etruscan necropolis of Populonia, Italy, 7th-4th centuries B.C.E.
Tomb of Amphipolis: Comparison with Great Ancient Monuments
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Tomb of Amphipolis: Comparison with Great Ancient Monuments

See how the tomb of Amphipolis in Greece compares in size with the Parthenon, the Egyptian Sphinx, and the Taj Mahal! Check the interior of the tomb in its current state with the sphinxs, the caryatids and the fabulous mosaic floor. The...
Symposium Scene, Tomb of the Diver
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Symposium Scene, Tomb of the Diver

Detail of a painting from the limestone walls of the Tomb of the Diver. The tomb and its artwork is associated with Classical Greek culture which flourished in Magna Graecia during antiquity. From the North Wall of the Tomb of the Diver in...
Tomb of the Lion of Kuza, Hegra
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Tomb of the Lion of Kuza, Hegra

The Tomb of the Lion of Kuza (Qasr al-Farid) is a 1st-century CE Nabatean unfinished tomb carved into a single huge rock in Hegra (Madain Saleh) in Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Nabatea's second capital after Petra. Qasr al-Farid is isolated...
Renaissance Tomb in Petra
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Renaissance Tomb in Petra

The so-called Renaissance Tomb, located in the Wadi Farasa in Petra (Jordan), has an elegant façade evoking elements of Italian Renaissance architecture, hence its name. The tomb façade consists of a triangular pediment resting on an entablature...
Male Mummy Mask from the Tomb of Aline
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Male Mummy Mask from the Tomb of Aline

This is a mummy mask of Aline's husband. His right hand grasps what appears to be a wreath or garland of rose petals. His arms are wrapped in a toga. The eyebrows are painted (not made of glass) while the eyeballs are made of white and black...
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