It should be pointed out that both explanations were mooted in the 12th century by Geoffrey of Monmouth ( below ), who extolled the curative properties of the stones and was also the first to advance the idea that Stonehenge was constructed as a funerary monument.

Disposal of the bodies of those who died presented huge problems for the authorities, and eventually the normal patterns of burial and funerary observance broke down.

In Babylon, he designed the funerary monument to Alexander's general Hephaestion ( died in 324 BC ), which was described by Diodorus Siculus, Arrian, Strabo, Plutarch and others.

When Amenhotep died he became the centre of a village funerary cult, worshipped as " Amenhotep of the Town ".

The Cappella del Cardinale del Portogallo to the left of the nave, " one of the most magnificent funerary monuments of the Italian Renaissance ", was built in 1473 as a memorial to Cardinal James of Lusitania, who died in Florence, to which he was Portuguese ambassador, in 1459.

The Marathon Painter is primarily known for the funerary lekythos found in the tumulus for the Athenians who died in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.

They are apparently funerary vases produced for children who died before they could marry.

In the Christian era of the late Empire, from 350 – 500 CE, wall painting, mosaic ceiling and floor work, and funerary sculpture thrived, while full-sized sculpture in the round and panel painting died out, most likely for religious reasons.

In the Christian era of the late Empire, from 350 – 500 AD, wall painting, mosaic ceiling and floor work, and funerary sculpture thrived, while full-sized sculpture in the round and panel painting died out, most likely for religious reasons.

When Amenhotep died he became the center of a village funerary cult, worshiped as " Amenhotep of the Town ".

After a person died, survivors cremated the body and collected the ashes in an urn ( see also lekythos, a type of pottery in ancient Greece used for holding oil in funerary ritual ).

It houses a funerary monument of Geminiano Inghirami ( died 1460 ), and the frescoes by Niccolò Gerini in the Migliorati Chapel.

The Dalai Lama's reverence for his guru was so deep that when the Bzod pa rgya mtsho died, he even performed the last rites for him, got installed his funerary stūpa and statue.

He points out that Shrine 261 is not strictly analogous to the Ark of the Covenant: it can only be said that the Anubis Shrine is " ark-like ", constructed of wood, gilded and gessoed, stored within a sacred tomb, " guarding " the treasury of the tomb ( and not the primary focus of that environment ), that it contains compartments within it that store and hold sacred objects, that it has a figure of Anubis on its lid, and that it was carried by two staves permanently inserted into rings at its base and borne by eight priests in the funerary procession to Tutankhamun's tomb.

Naqsh-e Rostam site contains funerary related works belonging to the Elamite ( second millennium BCE ), Achaemenid ( 550 – 330 BCE ) and Sassanid ( 226 – 651 CE ) eras.

St. Efthymiadis and J. M. Featherstone, " Establishing a holy lineage: Theodore the Stoudite's funerary catechism for his mother ( BHG 2422 )," in M. Grünbart, ed., Theatron: rhetorische Kultur in Spätantike und Mittelalter (= Millennium-Studien 13 ) ( Berlin, 2007 ), pp. 13 – 51.

By the early Middle Kingdom ( c. 2055 – 1650 BC ), non-royal Egyptians believed that they, too, could overcome death as Osiris had, by worshipping him and receiving the funerary rites that were partly based on his myth.

Besides what was recovered from KV20 during Howard Carter's clearance of the tomb in 1903, other funerary furniture belonging to Hatshepsut has been found elsewhere, including a lioness " throne " ( bedstead is a better description ), a senet game board with carved lioness-headed, red-jasper game pieces bearing her pharaonic title, a signet ring, and a partial shabti figurine bearing her name.

A funerary temple for Seti was constructed in what is now known as Qurna ( Mortuary Temple of Seti I ), on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes while a magnificent temple made of white marble at Abydos featuring exquisite relief scenes was started by Seti, and later completed by his son.

From this, various theories on the nature of the building ( a funerary booth or a shrine ), the meaning of the word mn ( a name or the verb endures ) and the relationship between Hor-Aha and Menes ( as one person or as successive pharaohs ) have arisen.

An unusual survivor, however, is the capstone of a funerary urn ( probably that of Hadrian ), which made its way to Saint Peter's Basilica and was incorporated into a massive Renaissance baptistery.

Early Bronze Age ( 2000 – 1200 BC ) remains include stone hammers, flint knives, palstaves ( bronze axe heads ), and funerary urns ; all finds have been chance discoveries, rather than a systematic search of a known site.

After the funerary rites for Pandu were done, Vyasa warned Satyavati that happiness would end in the dynasty and devastating events would occur in the future ( leading to the destruction of her kin ), which she would not be able to bear in her old age.

* 1894 Designs the Hôtel Jassedé ( rue Chardon-Lagache ), Hôtel Delfau ( rue Molitor ), and the funerary chapel of Devos-Logie and Mirand-Devos in the cimetière des Gonards at Versailles.

The stele ( plural stelae ), as it is called in an archaeological context, is one of the oldest forms of funerary art.

The commissions followed fast, including the colossal Standing Lincoln in Lincoln Park, Chicago in a setting by architect White, 1884 – 1887, considered the finest portrait statue in the United States ( a replica was placed at Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois, and another stands in London, facing Parliament Square ), and a long series of funerary monuments and busts, including the Adams Memorial, the Peter Cooper Monument, and the John A. Logan Monument.

The basilica also houses many funerary monuments including the tombs of Doctor of the Church Saint Catherine of Siena ( 1347-1380 ), who was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, and the Dominican friar Blessed John of Fiesole ( Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, born Guido di Piero ) better known as Fra Angelico ( c. 1395-1455 ).

During this epoch, one of these lands ( actually insignificant ), whose name was implied to the localities ceremonial and funerary importance ; it served as a place of homeage and worship of the dead, and its name Moimenta () was in reference to its mausoleum in honour of the dead.

The church contains the funerary brass ( dated to 1506 ), and was the burial place, of Sir Walter Denys ( d. 1506 ) and his father Maurice Denys ( d. 1466 ), esquire, both lords of the manor, seated at Olveston Court.

The curule chair is used on Roman medals as well as funerary monuments to express a curule magistracy ; when traversed by a hasta ( spear ), it is the symbol of Juno.

The use to which the stones were put is not clear but recent excavation work ( 2006 ), reported by the National Geographic Society, suggests a funerary purpose given the large number of human remains found at the sites.

The term latten referred loosely to the copper alloys like brass or bronze that appeared in the Middle Ages and through to the late 18th and early 19th centuries in decorative effects on borders, rivets or other details of metalwork ( particularly armour ), in livery and pilgrim badges or funerary effigies.

She is frequently shown dressed in a cheetah or leopard hide, a symbol of funerary priests.

The color of the lamps varies by jurisdiction ; typical colors are blue and / or red for police, fire, and medical-emergency vehicles ; amber for tow trucks, security personnel, and construction vehicles ; green for volunteer firefighters, and violet for funerary vehicles.

Trophonios has been of interest to classical scholars because the rivers of Lethe and Mnemosyne have close parallels with the Myth of Er at the end of Plato's Republic, with a series of Orphic funerary inscriptions on gold leaves, and with several passages about Memory and forgetting in Hesiod's Theogony.

The gold funerary mask of Psusennes I.

They were discovered intact in 1939 and 1940 by Pierre Montet and proved to contain a large catalogue of gold, jewelry, lapis lazuli and other precious stones including the funerary masks of these kings.

The pharaoh's solid gold funerary mask was interred with him in KV62.

The mummy itself was adorned with a gold mask, mummy bands and other funerary items.

The funerary mask is made of gold, inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, quartz, obsidian, turquoise and glass and faience, and weighs 11 kg.

Inaugurated on 27 July 2004, the museum occupies more than 1, 000 square meters of remodeled space showcasing: ceramics, pottery, metalwork, gold, woodcarvings, glasswork and textiles, bone carvings, inscribed funerary steles, arms and armor.

However, the king's magnificent funerary mask was recovered intact ; it proved to be made of gold and lapis lazuli and held inlays of black and white glass for the eyes and eyebrows of the object.

It proved to contain a large number of jewel-encrusted bracelets and pectorals, along with a beautiful hawkheaded silver coffin and a gold funerary mask.

Both Psusennes I and Amenemopet's royal tombs were discovered intact by the French Egyptologist Pierre Montet in his excavation at Tanis in 1940 and were filled with significant treasures including gold funerary masks, coffins and numerous other items of precious jewelry.

Also excavated are distinctive silver coins identical to those found at Beikthano and Binnaka, stone molds for casting silver and gold ornamental flowers, a gold armlet in association with a silver bowl that has Pyu writing on it, and funerary urns virtually identical to those found Beikthano and Binnaka.