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Giants' Grave of Is Concias
Image by Alex Follesa

Giants' Grave of Is Concias

The Tomb of the Giants of Is Concias stands on the western slopes of the Sette Fratelli massif in the municipality of Quartucciu, Sardinia, Italy. The Nuragic monument dates back to the Middle or Late Bronze Age c. 1800-800 BCE.
Women in the Viking Age
Article by Emma Groeneveld

Women in the Viking Age

Although women in the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE) lived in a male-dominated society, far from being powerless, they ran farms and households, were responsible for textile production, moved away from Scandinavia to help settle Viking territories...
Mycenaean Grave Stele
Image by Mark Cartwright

Mycenaean Grave Stele

A Mycenaean grave stele of poros stone depicting spirals and a charioteer. Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 16th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
Grave of Herman Melville
Image by Anthony22

Grave of Herman Melville

The grave of the US author Herman Melville (1819 – 1891). To the right is the grave of his wife. Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.
Grave Stele of a Couple, 5th Century BCE
Image by Minneapolis Institute of Art

Grave Stele of a Couple, 5th Century BCE

Greek grave stele depicting a couple greeting each other, affectionately taking one hand in the other. This grave stele came from the Kerameikos in Athens and is dated to the 5th Century BCE. It is now housed in the Minneapolis Institute...
Palmyra Grave Stele
Image by James Blake Wiener

Palmyra Grave Stele

A sandstone grave stelw from Palmyra, Syria. Known as the grave stele of Abkha, daughter of Akhou. 2nd century CE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)
Curses & Fines on Epitaphs
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Curses & Fines on Epitaphs

The concept of a curse laid on a tomb or gravesite is best known from ancient Egypt but the practice was quite common in other civilizations of antiquity. The tomb or grave was the eternal home of the physical remains of the deceased to which...
Mass Grave, Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
Image by H. Oakes-Imperial War Museums

Mass Grave, Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

An April 1945 photograph of a mass grave at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, a labour camp in Germany run by the Nazi SS. (Imperial War Museums)
Burial of the Dead in Mass Grave After Wounded Knee Massacre
Image by Northwestern Photo Company

Burial of the Dead in Mass Grave After Wounded Knee Massacre

US soldiers place frozen corpses of Native Americans in a mass grave after the Wounded Knee Massacre of 29 December 1890. Photo by Trager and Kuhn, 1 January 1891, Wounded Knee, South Dakota Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division...
Grave of Baruch Spinoza
Image by Roel Wijnants

Grave of Baruch Spinoza

The grave of the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) at the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague, Netherlands.
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