The ancient town of Myra in Turkey may sound famil...  ...of all the ancient ruins in Myra are the rock-cut tombs of the ancient Lycian necropolis. Two burial site...  ...ne the years of work that went into carving these tombs out of the cliff faces. See plenty of pictures of...

On the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, cave tombs were cut into the rocky hills around 5,000 years...  ..., derived from the Roman goddess Diana. The 2,000 tombs come on all sizes.Although now mainly used by she...  ...s of some of the Domus, although the reuse of the tombs fo...

There is perhaps nothing else so distinctive of th...  ...burying the dead, sometimes in complex and ornate tombs , crypts, and catacombs.This article takes a look...  ...est prehistoric burial mound in Europe to the the tombs of pharaohs to the most beautiful mausoleum in th...  ...the dead and watch over their...