Tombs (Disambiguation)

Image by Carole Raddato

Tombs 21 & 22 of the Qasr al-Bint Necropolis in Hegra

Two tomb façades in Qasr al-Bint (Tombs 21 & 22), one of the necropolises of Hegra (Mada'in Salih) in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Tomb 22 (right) is the oldest dated façade in Hegra (along with Tomb 39). It was carved in 1 BCE, the 9th year...

Video by Michael Meyer

Tombs of King Shulgi

U.S. Army soldiers explore the ancient City of UAncient City of Ur, exploring the Tombs of King Shulgi, builder of the Ziggurat of Ur. This video broadcast at various times on Armed Forces Network (AFN) worldwide in Oct- Nov 2006.

Image by Royal Commission of AlUla

Lion tombs at Dadan

Lion Tombs at Dadan, photograph by the Royal Commission of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. The carved lions are thought to symbolise powerful status or strength, or they could have been carved to protect the tomb’s occupants. Some of the tombs may...

Image by Carole Raddato

Roman Temple-tombs

Two monumental temple-tombs in the ancient city of Imbriogon in Cilicia (modern-day Turkey) dating to the second and third centuries CE. The overall design of the tombs with columns and a standard entablature produces the effect of small...

Image by AWIB-ISAW

Etruscan Tombs, Volsinii

Etruscan tombs at Volsinii (Orvieto). 6th-5th century BCE. Many of the tombs have an inscription above the single doorway indicating the name of the principal occupant.

Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Entrance, The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan

The façade and entrance into the rock-cut tombs of Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl), which lies near Zarzi village and the Palaeolithic cave of Zarzi, Chemi Rezan Valley, Sulaymaniyah...

Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Approach Path, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan

The road to Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl), which lies in Chemi Rezan Valley, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. It is not a cave; it is a rock-cut tomb, which contains...

Image by Sulaymaniyah Museum

Cliff Face, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan

The rock-cut tombs of Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl). The “cave” is carved into the cliff of the mountain and is approximately 8 meters above the ground level; it seems that the...

Image by James Blake Wiener

Medieval Tombs of Orbelian Princes

These medieval tombs belong to the Orbelian princes who dominated Armenia's Syunik province in the 14th and 15th centuries CE. These tombs date from that time period, and they are located in Yeghegis, Armenia.