New grange burial mound in County Meath, Ireland is definitely one of the most impressive prehistoric monuments in the world. Build between 3300 BC – 2900 BC the people of new stone age (Neolithic) Ireland, is also the world’s oldest surviving building (it’s older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt).
Newgrange burial
Newgrange is impressive circular mound is 250 feet (76 m) across and 40 feet (12 m) high and weighing 250,000 tons of building. Covers the entire acre (4046 m²). Long tunnel under the mound leading to a high domed burial chamber, a corbelled vault with a ceiling made of large stone slabs each other.
Newgrange entrance marked by a large roadside stone carved with “megalithic art,” which includes the arc concentric spiral motifs and cracked into the stone by stone tools.
tanah toraja tomb Indonesia
Toraja people in Sulawesi, Indonesia, have what is probably the most complex burial ceremony in the world. When someone dies, the funeral was attended by many people and can last for days! But that was not part of the strange – these are: the funeral ceremony is often held weeks, months or even years after death (to give the deceased’s family enough time to raise money for a fee).
Westminster Abbey tomb
gothic church Westminster Abbey in London, England was founded by Benedictine monks in the tenth century (and rebuilt in the 13th century by King Henry III) – since it has developed into a good church for the coronation of the English nobility and final resting place of the Lord.
Although initially Westminster Abbey is the burial place of kings, noblemen, and monks, it soon became the tomb of choice (if there is such a thing) for anyone who in the UK. Poets and writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, and Alfred Tennyson; as well as scientists like Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Ernest Rutherford all buried there.
Giza Necropolis, Cairo, Egypt
There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, with the largest and most famous is the pyramid complex at Giza Necropolis, Cairo, Egypt. This complex consists of the Great Pyramid of Giza (tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Khufu or Cheops), Khafre’s Pyramid, Pyramid of Menkaure, the Great Sphinx statue, as well as several other satellite pyramids are smaller.
the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. When finished in 2560 BC, this pyramid 481 feet (147 m) tall with each side of the base to be 758 feet (231 m) wide. Block weighed about 1.5 tons each, with an internal granite blocks used as roof the burial chamber to about 80 tons each. Ancient Egyptians knew what they were doing: the base sides have a mean margin of error of only 2 1 / 3 inch / 58 mm.
valley of the king egypt
Even if you do not know much about the Valley of the Kings, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb and one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, chances are you know about one of the occupants: King Tut and the Curse of the Pharaohs that accompany his grave.
In 1922, Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered and opened the tomb of Tutankhamen – despite warnings that “Death will come on quick wings to him who disturb the peace of the King.” Lord Carnarvon, the funder of the expedition, was the first to die: he was bitten by a mosquito and later accidentally lashed the bite while shaving. The wound became infected and he died of blood poisoning.
What is the “mysterious” deaths associated with Curse of the Pharaoh actually had anything to do with the opening of graves or just copy to sell newspapers, scientists recently discovered that there are grave indeed harmful fungi, bacteria, toxins, and even hazardous gases.
les Carrières de Paris
Officially called les Carrières de Paris or “mine in Paris,” said the Catacombs of Paris is a network of underground tunnels and rooms that used the Roman-era limestone quarry.
In the late 1700s, Paris suffered from diseases caused by improper burials and mass graves in the cemetery of the church. Local decided that they would remove thousands of bones and place them stacked in an abandoned underground mine.
Today, the entrance to the catacombs is restricted and only a small portion of 186 miles (300 km) worth of underground tunnels is accessible by the public. Secret entrance to the Catacombs, however, dotted Paris – urban explorers have found access via sewers, manholes and even Paris Metro subway system
Terracotta army xian terracota
In 1974, local farmers in Xi’an, China, discovered a vast complex of underground tombs while drilling for water. They have by chance stumbled upon the burial ground of Qin Shi Huangdi, First Emperor and the unifier of China.
According to legend, the First Emperor was buried with great treasure in a tomb decorated with pearl-ceiling (in a pattern that represents the cosmos) and channels dug in the ground with flowing mercury to represent the rivers in China. But the most famous feature is the tomb terracota Army, about 8,000 lives and the lives of like-sized statues of soldiers buried with Qin Shi Huangdi to help the reign of Emperor in the afterlife.
The Capuchin Cemetery and Catacombs of Palermo
When the Capuchin monastery in Palermo, Italy, outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century, monks excavated the catacomb below it and began a strange tradition that lasted until the 19th century.
The Capuchin monks mummified body of the dead, they wore everyday clothes and then put them on display on the walls of the monastery. Apparently, that’s quite a status symbol to be buried in the Capuchin monastery – prominent citizens of the city will ask to be preserved in certain clothing or even have the clothes changed regularly according to contemporary fashion!
When the last body was interred in the late 1800s, there were 8000 mummies on the walls and in the catacombs of the Capuchin monastery.
Sedlec Ossuary: who lived in a small Roman Catholic chapel in Sedlec, Czech Republic. If you do not know better, you would not expect that in a simple building is an ossuary containing about 40,000 human skeletons artistically arranged to form the decor, candles, and furniture!
In the 13th century, an abbot returned to Sedlec with a small amount of earth from Golgotha, where Jesus’ crucifixion, and sprinkled throughout the monastery cemetery. This makes the church cemetery land desired site and over centuries thousands of people buried there.
In 1870, František Rint, a woodcarver was hired to put a pile of bones for. He decided to create a work of art from skeletal remains: a lamp made of skulls and bones, a symbol of the family who paid him to do the job
Tajmahl India: No articles in the cemetery is complete without the Taj Mahal, a magnificent tomb at Agra, India. Taj Mahal was built in 1631 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who shattered when his wife Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Grief-stricken, he ordered that the most beautiful tomb built.