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Sketch made by Hjalmar Stolpe, published in 1889, of the Viking Age grave found at Birka, Sweden, labelled 'Bj 581'. Buried with weapons and horses (things normally associated with warriors), this particular grave has...

An August 1918 photograph showing British and French troops on the Western Front with a German war grave in the foreground. Imperial War Museums

The royal grave circle within the walls of Mycenae (1600 BCE). It was in the shaft graves here that Heinrich Schliemann discovered in 1876 CE the famous gold death mask attributed (incorrectly) to King Agamemnon.

A photograph of a German war grave, that of Sergeant Karl Thomassek (Karol Tomaszek) of the German 5th Field Artillery Regiment. Taken during the German Spring Offensive of 1918. This was the last major offensive action by...

A Boeotian grave stele. 5th century BCE, Thespian marble. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

Bant's Carn is a Scillionian entrance grave in very well-preserved condition. It is located on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. It was excavated in 1900 by the archaeologist George Bonsor where he found...

In Norse belief, the soul of the deceased might wind up in any one of a number of afterlife realms. There was Valhalla, the realm of Odin where the dead warriors drank, fought, and told stories, Folkvangr ('the Field...

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

Grave decorations for Day of the Dead, photograph by Eneas De Troya, 2009. Depicted here is a cemetary in San Antonio Tecómitl where the grave plots have been richly adorned for Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos...

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...