Search
Did you mean: Tomb?
Search Results
Image
Tombs and Theatre at Xanthos
Tombs and Theatre at Xanthos. Photo by Peter Sommer Travels and republished with permission.
Video
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Image
Star Roundel, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan
Detail of the relief carved at the façade of the rock-cut tombs of Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl). This roundel lies at the right side, above the square entrance into the main...
