His tomb still exists on the plateau between Lake Gygaea and the river Hermus to the north of Sardis — a large mound of earth with a substructure of huge stones.

Crossing rediscovered the original site of the tomb in 1882 and said that all that remained was a small mound and some half buried stones.

Maeshowe is one of the largest tombs in Orkney ; the mound encasing the tomb is in diameter and rises to a height of.

Image: VarnaMemorial. jpg | Władysław's cenotaph, Varna, Bulgaria, built into an ancient Thracian mound tomb

The tumulus or burial mound ( Greek Τύμβος, tymbos, i. e. tomb ), also called the " Soros ," for the 192 Athenian dead that was erected near the battlefield remains a feature of the coastal plain.

After a burial, the entrance to the tomb was filled in with soil, leaving a small mound with most of the tomb underground.

was discovered on 29 March 1974 to the east of Xi ' an in Shaanxi province by a group of farmers when they were digging a water well around 1. 6 km ( 1 mile ) east of the Qin Emperor's tomb mound at Mount Li ( Lishan ), a region riddled with underground springs and watercourses.

In addition to the warriors, an entire man-made necropolis for the Emperor has also been found around the first Emperor's tomb mound.

It consists of several offices, halls, stables and other structures placed around the tomb mound which is surrounded by two solidly built rammed earth walls with gateway entrances.

The mound where the tomb is located.

Recent scientific work at the site has found high levels of mercury in the soil of the tomb mound, giving some credence to Sima Qian's account of the emperor's tomb.

The tomb of Shi Huangdi appears to be a hermetically sealed space that is as big as a football pitch and located underneath the pyramidal tomb mound.

These pits may lie within or outside the walls surrounding the tomb mound.

In hour 5 he discovers the tomb of Osiris which is an enclosure beneath which is hidden a lake of fire, the tomb is covered by a pyramid like mound ( identified with the goddess Isis ) and on top of which Isis and Nephthys have alighted in the form of two kites ( birds of prey ).

The memorial of the battle in Varna, built on an ancient Thracian mound tomb, bearing the name of the fallen king.

The so-called Treasury of Atreus, a large Mycenaean tomb covered with a mound of earth, dates to around 1330 BC.

Inside view of the Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari | Thracian mound tomb at Sveshtari, Bulgaria

Situated around the perimeter of the mound are located a circle of standing stones, which most archaeologists regard as having been later, during the Bronze Age, centuries after the original monument had been abandoned as a tomb.

The labourers soon discovered the entrance to the tomb within the mound, and a Welsh antiquarian named Edward Lhwyd, who was staying in the area, was alerted and took an interest in the monument.

He wrote an account of the mound and its tomb, describing what he saw as its " barbarous sculpture " and noting that animal bones, beads and pieces of glass had been found inside of it ( modern archaeologists have speculated that these latter two were in fact the polished pottery beads that have subsequently been found at the site and which were a common feature of Neolithic tombs ).

The Lenin tomb is obviously adequate for double occupancy, Moscow is a crowded city, and the creed of Communism deplores waste.

Similarly in Illinois there is Lincoln country to be seen -- his tomb and other landmarks.

She died around 1603 and is buried in the O ' Malley family tomb on Clare Island.

* A monument is dedicated to his tomb in Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Ontario

His tomb, according to a medieval Jewish tradition, is considered to be in a building not far from the Cave of the Patriarchs.

The Italian scholar Maggiani recently showed that on an Etruscan tomb dedicated to Racvi Satlnei in Bologna ( 5th century BC ) there is a writing that says: " aivastelmunsl

Pausanias also said that Alcmene's tomb is located near the Olympieum at Megara.

However, in Bernini's tomb, the vigorous upraised arm and posture of the pope is counterbalanced by an active drama below, wherein the figures of Charity and Justice are either distracted by putti or lost in contemplation, while skeletal Death actively writes the epitaph.

Algardi's tomb is much less dynamic.

The tomb is somberly monotone and lacks the polychromatic excitement that detracts from the elegiac mood of Urban VIII's tomb.

In July 2006, the tomb of the king ( which is located in the Santa Cruz Monastery in Coimbra ) was to be opened for scientific purposes by researchers from the University of Coimbra ( Portugal ), and the University of Granada ( Spain ).

His tomb is in the monastery of San Pedro in Huesca.

The tomb of Myrine is mentioned in the Iliad ; later interpretation made of her an Amazon: according to Diodorus, Queen Myrine led her Amazons to victory against Libya and much of Gorgon.

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.

The route taken is up to the arch and then around its side, out of respect for the tomb and its symbolism.

He is buried in tomb 122 in the New Vault of the Imperial Crypt in Vienna.

On 3 August 2007, Mexican archaeologists announced discovery of what is believed to be the tomb of Ahuizotl beneath a sculpture of Tlaltecuhtli near the Zócalo in Mexico City.

Anubis is depicted in funerary contexts where he is shown attending to the mummies of the deceased or sitting atop a tomb protecting it.

Abadeh historical monuments include Emirate Kolah Farangi, Tymcheh Sarafyan and Khaje tomb, located in the Khoja mountains.

Site of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan's tomb, located in Kabul.

Exterior view of a Mamluk Caravanserai complex, including the mausoleum of Nabi Yamin, traditionally believed to be the tomb of Benjamin, at present located outside Kfar Sava, Israel.

One tradition holds that his tomb is located near Salalah, in the Sultanate of Oman, possibly indicating he made his wealth in the frankincense trade.

Having located most of the stones of the original tomb, Crossing thought that it could be rebuilt in its original form with little effort, but it was not to be.

The burial chamber is normally located at one end of a rectangular or trapezoidal cairn, while a roofless, semi-circular forecourt at the entrance provided access from the outside ( although the entrance itself was often blocked ), and gives this type of chambered cairn its alternate name of court tomb or court cairn.

The tomb of Ezekiel is a structure located in modern day south Iraq near Kefil, believed to be the final resting place of Ezekiel.

Her tomb is located in the Cathedral of Magdeburg.

This kofun-type Imperial tomb is characterized by a keyhole-shaped island located within a wide, water-filled moat.

The Imperial tomb of Nintoku's consort, Iwa-no hime no Mikoto, is said to be located in Saki-cho, Nara City.

Designed as a ship's prow, the tomb is located at the main entrance to the Cemetery of Rimini.

The tomb of Hosea is a structure located in the Jewish cemetery of Safed, believed to be the final resting place of Hosea.

In 1992, the then Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Ieronymos of Thebes and Levathia ( the current Archbishop of Athens and All Greece ) requested from Bishop Antonio Mattiazzo of Padua the return of a a significant fragment of the relics of St. Luke to be placed on the site where the holy tomb of the Evangelist is located and venerated today.

The tomb of Quoyness is found on Sanday, while Vinquoy Hill is located on Eday.

The main pilgrimage sites associated with the spiritual teacher Meher Baba are Meherabad, India, where Baba completed the " major portion " of his work and where his tomb is now located, and Meherazad, India, where Baba resided later in his life.

This tomb was probably located here because it was his custom to serve Mass and he would leave by the door just to the left of it.

* July 2 – Emperor Zhongzong of Tang had the remains of his mother and recently deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in at the same tomb complex as his father and Wu Zetian's husband Emperor Gaozong ( d. 683 ) outside Chang ' an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang.

The Züschen tomb ( German: Steinkammergrab von Züschen, sometimes also Lohne-Züschen ) is a prehistoric burial monument, located between Lohne and Züschen, near Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany.

John's traditional tomb is thought to be located at Selçuk, a small town in the vicinity of Ephesus.

Although he is buried in the Castle Chapel at Wiener Neustadt, a cenotaph tomb for Maximilian is located in the Hofkirche, Innsbruck.

A stone-carved pillar-gate, or que ( 闕 ), 6 m ( 20 ft ) in total height, located at the tomb of Gao Yi in Ya ' an, Sichuan province, Eastern Han Dynasty

The tomb is located in the Valley of the Queens in Egypt.

Since Narezzaš is typically identified with the modern area of Neyriz in Fars province, Henkelman argues that Cambyses's tomb must have been located in that area.