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Even in the rain, there are some magnificent sights in Ireland's County Clare. The rains eased off but the grey skies hovered for our third stop at a portal tomb: the fascinating Poulnabrone Dolmen – a neolithic burial site probably dating between 4200 BCE and 2900 BCE.
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This configuration of tumbled stones on the lower slope of Yar Tor is in all probability completely natural, a result of earth movements and glaciation. But there is the possibility it is man made, at least enhanced, and was used as a burial cist. It's not listed as such, or shown on the maps, but gut feeling tells me it's more than just another pile of rocks.
New Orleans St. Vincent DePaul Cemetary #1
Tombs in New Orleans are above ground since the city is below sea level.
Many are decorated with statuary on the roof of the tomb.
I happened to be visiting our family tomb one day and caught this photo on a very clear day. The blue background is the sky.
The Tomb of Lazarus is a traditional spot of pilgrimage located in the West Bank town of al-Eizariya, traditionally identified as the biblical village of Bethany, on the southeast slope of the Mount of Olives, some 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east of Jerusalem. The tomb is the purported site of a miracle recorded in the Gospel of John in which Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.
History​:
The site, sacred to both Christians and Muslims, has been identified as the tomb of the gospel account since at least the 4th century AD. As the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913 states, however, while it is "quite certain that the present village formed about the traditional tomb of Lazarus, which is in a cave in the village", the identification of this particular cave as the actual tomb of Lazarus is "merely possible; it has no strong intrinsic or extrinsic authority." Archeologists have established that the area was used as a cemetery in the 1st century AD, with tombs of this period found "a short distance north of the church."
Several Christian churches have existed at the site over the centuries. Since the 16th century, the site of the tomb has been occupied by the al-Uzair Mosque. The adjacent Roman Catholic Church of Saint Lazarus, built between 1952 and 1955 under the auspices of the Franciscan Order, stands upon the site of several much older ones. In 1965, a Greek Orthodox church was built just west of the tomb.
The tomb​:
The entrance to the tomb today is via a flight of uneven rock-cut steps from the street. As it was described in 1896, there were twenty-four steps from the then-modern street level, leading to a square chamber serving as a place of prayer, from which more steps led to a lower chamber believed to be the tomb of Lazarus. The same description applies today.
The steps enter the antechamber (3.35 m long by 2.20 m wide) through the north wall; the outline of the former entrance via the mosque can still be seen on the east wall. The floor of the antechamber is two steps above the floor level of the mosque, possibly due to rock falls from the soft limestone ceiling during construction of the Crusader-era church above the tomb. The Crusaders strengthened the tomb itself with masonry, which obscures most of the original rock surface (except for a few holes). The alignment of the tomb and antechamber suggests they predate the Byzantine churches and may very well be from the time of Jesus.
Three steps connect the antechamber with the inner burial chamber (which measures a little more than two square metres in size). It contains three funerary niches (arcosolia), now mostly hidden by the Crusader masonry. One tradition places the tomb of Lazarus to the right of the entrance, which was formerly closed by a horizontal stone. Tradition also says that Jesus was standing in this antechamber when he called Lazarus from the grave
The tomb is the burial site of the only Ming emperor to be buried outside Beijing. There's a large park surrounding the tomb that has several other historical sites, such as the Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat Sen.
We weren't sure which among the buildings we saw was the actual tomb, and since the park was big and we got hungry for lunch, we didn't make it to the mausoleum, but we saw lots of other things and enjoyed our walk.
Humayun's Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delhi, India, is the magnificent resting place of the Mughal Emperor Humayun, commissioned by his wife, Empress Bega Begum, in 1558. Designed by Persian architects Mirak Mirza Ghiyas and his son, it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent and a significant leap in Mughal architecture, setting the stage for future masterpieces like the Taj Mahal. This stunning red sandstone structure, inspired by Gur-e Amir in Samarkand, is surrounded by the serene Charbagh garden and houses not only Humayun's tomb but also the graves of his descendants. Located near the revered Nizamuddin Dargah and close to Purana Qila, it also played a role in later Mughal history when Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar sought refuge here during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Tombs, such as these, are very common throughout Spain. On a majority of them, there are dogs sitting at the foot of the tomb to represent loyalty towards the deceased leader or ruler.
Saqqara, north of the Step Pyramid, circa 2381-2323 B.C.
Limestone
Perneb was a court official who presided at the robing and crowning of the king. His tomb superstructure comprised of a painted offering chamber that was reached from a courtyard through a vestibule. Inside the chamber a stylized niched doorway (the false door) provided a place of symbolic contact with the dead. Not only the decorated offering room itself but also the courtyard and a secondary suite of rooms for Perneb's statutes are in the Metropolitan, forming a tomb complex whose completeness in unique in museum collections.
We'd lost in the middle of these tombs. My and my friend Ejoy are actually heading to Bukit Jeluntong, try to be geniuses taking the shortcut from Kelang