Notice the size of the monument by comparing it with the people on the base.
Posted on 10/03/2007 2:44:57 PM PDT by Renfield
Throughout the history of human civilization, different cultures mourn and treat the dead differently. Some, like Tibetan Buddhists, have no use for burials as they dispose the dead by feeding corpses to vultures or by burning them in funeral pyres. Most cultures, however, show their respect by burying the dead, sometimes in complex and ornate tombs, crypts, and catacombs.
This article takes a look at ten of the most fascinating final resting places around the world, from the largest prehistoric burial mound in Europe to the the tombs of pharaohs to the most beautiful mausoleum in the world:....
(Excerpt) Read more at neatorama.com ...
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Notice the size of the monument by comparing it with the people on the base.
Just hang me up on the wall at the Capuchin Catacombs, when I die.
The one they haven’t found - Chingghis Quan’s. And the one they lost - Alexander the Great’s.
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I think I read Ptolemy took Alexander the Great’s tomb to Egypt where it was viewed by Caesar(?) 300 years later.
It may have gone into the drink with one of the earthquakes that ravaged Alexandria later than that.
Super photos! I am going to show this to my 7th graders today in SS! Thanks for the link!
Super article and photos! Thanks so much for posting. My kids will love reading this.
I never tire of looking at the Taj. What a beautiful building.
I had a thought. Maybe we could get together and take a Freeper GGG trip around the world sometime? Any takers?
:’) Would be nice. No can do. If I ever wind up getting to travel, I’ll probably go to the British Isles, then take a couple of weeks for Italy. Mostly do museums and historic sites, I get enough fresh air as it is. ;’)
Nah. I've become a hermit...and, like it, lol.
Amazing! I was hoping to see Canterbury Cathedral, too. It is impossible to describe the feeling that envelopes you when you walk into that magnificant place.
Thanks for the post - it’s in my fav’s. ;-)
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