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* Sepulchre – a cavernous [[Rock-cut tombs in ancient Israel|rock-cut space for interment]], generally in the [[Jew]]ish or Christian faiths (cf. [[Holy Sepulchre]]).<ref name="morana">{{cite book|last1=Morana|first1=Martin|title=Bejn Kliem u Storja|date=2011|publisher=Books Distributors Limited|location=[[Malta]]|language=mt|isbn=978-99957-0137-6|page=211|url=http://www.bdlbooks.com/history/3677-bejn-kliem-u-storja.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020070442/http://www.bdlbooks.com/history/3677-bejn-kliem-u-storja.html|archive-date=20 October 2016}}</ref> |
* Sepulchre – a cavernous [[Rock-cut tombs in ancient Israel|rock-cut space for interment]], generally in the [[Jew]]ish or Christian faiths (cf. [[Holy Sepulchre]]).<ref name="morana">{{cite book|last1=Morana|first1=Martin|title=Bejn Kliem u Storja|date=2011|publisher=Books Distributors Limited|location=[[Malta]]|language=mt|isbn=978-99957-0137-6|page=211|url=http://www.bdlbooks.com/history/3677-bejn-kliem-u-storja.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020070442/http://www.bdlbooks.com/history/3677-bejn-kliem-u-storja.html|archive-date=20 October 2016}}</ref> |
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* [[Samadhi (shrine)|Samadhi]] – in India a tomb for a deceased saint that often has a larger building over it as a shrine |
* [[Samadhi (shrine)|Samadhi]] – in India a tomb for a deceased saint that often has a larger building over it as a shrine |
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* [[Stećak]] – in [[medieval Bosnia]] individual stećaks or grouped in stećak necropolises were form of sepulchral burial culture between 12th and 16th century; |
* [[Stećak]] – in [[medieval Bosnia]] individual stećaks or grouped in stećak necropolises werea form of sepulchral burial culture between 12th and 16th century; |
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* Other forms of archaeological "tombs", such as [[ship burial]]s |
* Other forms of archaeological "tombs", such as [[ship burial]]s |
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* [[Tumulus]] – (plural: tumuli) A [[mound]] of [[Soil|earth]] and [[Rock (geology)|stone]]s raised over a [[Grave (burial)|grave]] or graves. Tumuli are also known as ''barrows'', ''burial mounds'', ''Hügelgräber'' or ''[[kurgan]]s''', and can be found throughout much of the [[world]]. A [[cairn]] (a mound of stones built for various purposes), might also be originally a tumulus. A [[long barrow]] is a long tumulus, usually for numbers of burials. |
* [[Tumulus]] – (plural: tumuli) A [[mound]] of [[Soil|earth]] and [[Rock (geology)|stone]]s raised over a [[Grave (burial)|grave]] or graves. Tumuli are also known as ''barrows'', ''burial mounds'', ''Hügelgräber'' or ''[[kurgan]]s''', and can be found throughout much of the [[world]]. A [[cairn]] (a mound of stones built for various purposes), might also be originally a tumulus. A [[long barrow]] is a long tumulus, usually for numbers of burials. |
This article duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically Mausoleum. Please discuss this issue and help introduce a summary style to the article. (October 2023)
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Atomb (Greek: τύμβος tumbos[1]) or sepulcher (Latin: sepulcrum) is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called immurement, although this word mainly means entombing people alive, and is a method of final disposition, as an alternative to cremationorburial.
The word is used in a broad sense to encompass a number of such types of places of interment or, occasionally, burial, including:
As indicated, tombs are generally located in or under religious buildings, such as churches, or in cemeteries or churchyards. However, they may also be found in catacombs, on private land or, in the case of early or pre-historic tombs, in what is today open landscape.
The Daisen Kofun, the tomb of Emperor Nintoku (the 16th Emperor of Japan), is the largest in the world by area.[3] However, the Pyramid of KhufuinEgypt is the largest by volume.
The Nintoku-ryo tumulus is one of almost 50 tumuli collectively known as "Mozu Kofungun" clustered around the city, and covers the largest area of any tomb in the world.
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