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This is a grave at Noravank Monastery in Armenia; it dates from medieval times and belongs to one of the Orbelian princes. The Orbelian dynasty dominated the political, cultural, and economic landscape of the Armenian provinces of Vayots...

The grave of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in Grinzing, Austria.

This is a marble grave stela of Lenaios, son of Artemidoros. The deceased image is shown as a banqueter, which belies in his military occupation in life, as indicated in the inscription "As I guarded the tower in battle, oh passer-by, shall...

The grave of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) in the cemetery of Montmartre, Paris.

This vessel has a circular container with a short stem and a hollow foot. It houses a green cosmetic material. It was found with the body of Puabi inside her grave. Puabi was a Semitic Akkadian woman from Ur, c. 2600 BCE, possibly a queen...

Pylos was a significant Mycenaean Bronze Age city located in the region of Messenia, Greece. The site is situated on the hill of Ano Englianos and during its Late Bronze Age occupation between c. 1600-1200 BCE it covered a maximum area of...

Headstone for the victims of the Boston Massacre in the Granary Burying Ground. Photograph by Rhododendrites, 2019.

Trade in raw materials and manufactured goods in ancient Celtic Europe was vibrant and far-reaching, particularly regarding the centre of the continent where there was a hub of well-established trade routes. As the Celts' territory expanded...

The practice of mummifying the dead began in ancient Egypt c. 3500 BCE. The English word mummy comes from the Latin mumia which is derived from the Persian mum meaning 'wax' and refers to an embalmed corpse which was wax-like. The idea of...

Egyptian burial is the common term for the ancient Egyptian funerary rituals concerning death and the soul's journey to the afterlife. Eternity, according to scholar Margaret Bunson, “was the common destination of each man, woman and child...