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This is a marble grave stela of Exakestes, son of Androboulos, and his wife Metries. The deceased are shown in the pedimental arch (naiskos), upon which are carved two wreaths inscribed "The People". These indicate that...

The double ring is made of silver. This is surmounted by an electrum (an alloy of gold and silver) piece in the shape of a donkey or an onager. This reign ring was found fixed on the pole of a sledge, pulled by oxen...

A 3rd century BCE grave stela from the cemetery of ancient Thera, Santorini. (Archaeological Museum, Thera)

The grave of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow.

The grave of the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) in the cemetery of Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris.

Grave of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA, postcard by Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, MA, c. 1930-1945. Boston Public Library.

A photograph of a soldier tending the grave of a fallen comrade near Ypres after the Battle of Passchendaele (October-November 1917) in Flanders, Belgium during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums...

The grave of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) in the main cemetery of Vienna.

This large chambered cairn is found on Buzza Hill, a small hill south of Hugh Town on St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. It was excavated in the 18th century by the Cornish antiquarian William Borlase, but nothing...

The grave of the composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.