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title: Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)
author: Gina Pardo
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8068/tombstone-door-castelluccio-culture-sicily/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)

_Authored by Gina Pardo_

## Image File

[![Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8068.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8068.jpg)

## Image Caption

Stone door (early [bronze Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Bronze_Age/), c. 2169 - c. 1500 BCE) closing of a [grave](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) dug in the rock, decorated in relief with spiral shaped motifs. On it are carved images that could allude to the sexual act and, therefore, to the continuation of life. Castelluccio [Culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/culture/), [Sicily](https://www.worldhistory.org/sicily/). (Pencil drawing by Gina Pardo).

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Pardo, G. (2018, February 08). Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily). *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8068/tombstone-door-castelluccio-culture-sicily/>
### Chicago
Pardo, Gina. "Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 08, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8068/tombstone-door-castelluccio-culture-sicily/>.
### MLA
Pardo, Gina. "Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Feb 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8068/tombstone-door-castelluccio-culture-sicily/>.

## License & Copyright

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