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c. 6000 BCEBurial of the dead in Egypt.
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c. 6000 BCEEarliest Egyptian mastabas dug at Saqqara.
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c. 5000 BCEDead buried with grave goods at Banpo Village, China.
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4300 BCEFirst megalithic tombs in Europe.
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c. 4000 BCECarrowmore Megalithic Cemetery begins in Sligo, Ireland.
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c. 3300 BCEEarly Harappan Civilization of India practices burial of the dead.
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3300 BCENewgrange Burial Mound constructed in Ireland.
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3000 BCEStone tombs on Crete.
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3000 BCETomb of the Eagles created in Scotland.
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c. 3000 BCE - c. 2800 BCEMaeshowe Passage Grave completed in Scotland.
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3000 BCE - 2000 BCEFirst rock-cut burial chambers at Akrotiri.
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c. 2600 BCEMayan Culture buries their dead individually under homes.
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c. 2600 BCE - c. 2000 BCEThe Royal Graves of Ur used in Sumer.
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c. 2560 BCEThe Great Pyramid of Giza is constructed by Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops).
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c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCEThe Balnuaran of Clava (Clava Cairns) is built.
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c. 1700 BCE - c. 1600 BCEFirst shaft graves constructed at Mycenae.
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c. 1500 BCEFirst tholos tombs built at Mycenae.
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1250 BCE - 1200 BCEMycenaean chamber tombs constructed at Thebes.
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c. 1100 BCEGreeks implement use of individual tombs and graves.
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c. 700 BCETomb of Mayan King K'utz Chman of Retalhuleu constructed in Guatemala.
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c. 680 BCE - c. 660 BCEThe Etruscan Regolini-Galassi Tomb is constructed at Cerveteri.
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530 BCE - 520 BCEThe Etruscan Tomb of the Lionesses is constructed at Tarquinia.
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210 BCEFirst Emperor of China Shi Huangdi dies, buried with army of 8,000 terracotta warriors in palace tomb.
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206 BCEThe Emperor Shi Huangti is buried with a terracotta army of more than 8,000 soldiers in a palace tomb.
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c. 750 CE - 800 CEThe subterranean llama-shaped royal tomb is constructed at the Wari city of Pikllacta.
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770 CELast recorded use of Clava Cairns site in antiquity.