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The tomb of Adam underneath Calvary in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Chapel of Adam). According to Jewish and Christian tradition, Shem and Melchizedek guided by angels travelled to the spot whre Noah's Ark was, took Adam's body and, guided by angels, buried it at the site of Calvary in Jerusalem.

Σύμφωνα με εβραϊκές και χριστιανικές παραδόσεις, ο Σήμ και ο Μελχισεδέκ ( ή ο Σολομώντας, όπως δηλώνεται στην παρούσα έκδοση), με την…

Tags: Adam's Tomb / Chapel of Adam (Jerusalem), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Funerary monuments, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Chapel of the tombs of Godefroy de Bouillon and Baldwin I of Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Funerary monuments, Godfrey of Bouillon, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

View of the White Tower and the eastern wall of Thessaloniki from the Muslim cemetery. From: Walter Bouchier Devereux, Views on the Shores of the Mediterranean, London, 1847.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Greece, Macedonia, Muslim cemeteries, Thessaloniki, Walter Bouchier Devereux, White Tower of Thessaloniki, Women

View of the front of the roman tomb of Zakynthos, erroneously perceived as the Tomb of Cicero. Vases from the monument.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Greece, Ionian islands, Roman monuments, Tomb of Cicero (Zakynthos), Zakynthos

Imaginary representation of the tomb of Diogenes the Cynic in Ancient Corinth.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Diogenes the Cynic, Dogs, Funerary monuments, Greece, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Tomb of Diogenes (Ancient Corinth)

View of the Temple of Ianus, erroneously called Temple of Homer, at Kadifekale (anc. Pagos), in Izmir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Funerary monuments, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Kadifekale / anc. Pagos, Muslim cemeteries, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Ruins, Temple of Homer (Smyrna), Temple of Ianus (Smyrna), Turkey, Walls

The putative Tomb of Themistocles in Piraeus.

Tags: Argo-Saronic gulf, Art and antiquities, Attica, Central Greece, Funerary monuments, Greece, Piraeus, Ruins, Tomb of Themistocles (Piraeus)

The Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Mausoleums, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Ruins, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus)

Muslim cemetery in the city of Essaouira or Mogador in Morocco.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cats, Essaouira / Mogador, Funerary monuments, Morocco, Natural environment, Religious practices, Views

The building, which, according to tradition, houses Rachel's Tomb, and which is on the road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Holy Land, Jewish monuments, Ottoman monuments, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Tomb of Rachel / Kever Rakhel / Bilal bin Rabah, Views

Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem. The Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Holy Land, Horses, Jaffa Gate (Jerusalem), Jerusalem, Jewish monuments, Judaea, Modes of transport, Pack animals, Tombs of the Kings (Jerusalem), Views

The alleged tomb of David in Jerusalem. Absalom's tomb in Kidron Valley, jerusalem. The Pool of Siloam.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish monuments, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Pool of Siloam, Religious practices, Tomb of Absalom (Jerusalem), Tomb of David (Jerusalem)

The Sphinx in front of the Pyramid of Chephren in Giza, Egypt.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Egyptian monuments, Funerary monuments, Giza necropolis, Human types, Pharaohs, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Pyramid of Khafre or Chephren (Giza), Pyramids, Pyramids of Giza, Social sphere and everyday life, Sphinx (Egypt), Views

Fig. 1. Rock-cut mausoleum in Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor. Fig. 2. Lanscape at the Gulf of Saint Paul, in Lindos (Rhodes).

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bay of Agios Pavlos (Lindos), Boats and ships, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Greece, Islands, Lindos, Lycia, Mausoleums, Rhodes, Views

Carved tombs in Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Human types, Lycia, Mausoleums, Turkey, Views

Lycian sarcophag at Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Lycia, Lycian sarcophagi, Mausoleums, Sarcophagi, Turkey, Views

Lycian sarcophagi and mausoleums at Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Lycia, Lycian sarcophagi, Mausoleums, Sarcophagi, Turkey, Views

Fig. 1. View of the Hellenistic, theater of Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor. Fig. 2. Lycian tombs and sarcophagi at Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Makri /Fethiye, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Hellenistic architecture, Hellenistic monuments, Lycia, Lycian sarcophagi, Mausoleums, Sarcophagi, Theatres, Turkey, Views

Ottoman cemetery. Women offering libation.

Tags: Baskets, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Funerary monuments, Funerary practices, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Monumental Roman tomb in Igel, Germany (Igel Column).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Germany, Human types, Igel, Igel Column / Igeler Säule, Roman monuments

Plan of the Mausoleum of Lucius Munatius Plancus in Gaeta, in Italy. Plan of buildings in the ancient city of Augusta Raurica (today Augst) in Switzerland (D, C). Plan of public baths in Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Augst – Augusta Raurica, Baths, Campania, Funerary monuments, Gaeta, Healthcare, Italy, Mausoleum of Lucius Munatius Plancus, Plans and drawings, Rome, Switzerland

Roman monumental tomb in Milas, known today as Gümüşkesen. Capitals of the monument (Α, Β). Plan of the monument (C).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caria, Funerary monuments, Milas / anc. Mylasa, Plans and drawings, Roman monumental tomb / Gümüşkesen (Milas), Roman monuments, Temple of Augustus (Milas), Turkey

Reliefs and funerary steles from Chios and Lesbos.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Chios, Funerary monuments, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Reliefs

Plan and views of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites. Ancient funerary monuments from Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Churches, Funerary monuments, Mount of Saint Simeon Stylites / Sheik Barakat (Syria), Plans and drawings, Syria

View and plan of the Tomb of Zechariah in Kidron Valley (Jerusalem).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Kidron Valley (Jerusalem), Palestine, Tomb of Zechariah (Jerusalem)

View and plan of the Tomb of Absalom in Kidron Valley (Jerusalem).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Kidron Valley (Jerusalem), Palestine, Tomb of Absalom (Jerusalem)

Map of Caesarea Maritima. (B) Mount Tabor. (Ι) The funerary monuments known as "Tombs of the Kings" in Jerusalem. Tomb of Josaphat in Kidron Valley in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Caesarea Maritima / Caesarea in Palaestina, Funerary monuments, Israel, Jerusalem, Kidron Valley (Jerusalem), Mount Tabor, Palestine, Plans and drawings, Tomb of Josaphat (Jerusalem), Tombs of the Kings (Jerusalem)

View of the Roman temples at Baalbeck (anc. Heliopolis).

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Baalbek / anc. Heliopolis, Funerary monuments, Lebanon, Mausoleums, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi

Sarcophagus, perhaps of the Roman era, in Deir al Kalaa, near Beirut.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Beirut, Deir al Kalaa, Funerary monuments, Lebanon, Natural environment, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi

View of the front of the roman tomb of Zakynthos, erroneously thought to be the Tomb of Cicero. Vases from the monument.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Greece, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Islands, Latin alphabet, Roman monuments, Tomb of Cicero (Zakynthos), Zakynthos

Mausoleum in the Muslim cemetery of Üsküdar.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Mausoleums, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman architecture, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis

The muslim cemetery of Pera (Beyoğlu). This cemetery started off today's Taxim square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the Bosporus.

Tags: Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Houses, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman architecture, Religious practices, Thrace, Views

The Muslim cemetery at Üsküdar.

Tags: Bosporus, Cemeteries, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Human types, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis

Plans of carved funerary monuments in Luxor (anc. Thebes).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Funerary monuments, Plans and drawings, Thebes / Luxor

Plans of funerary monuments in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (anc. Thebes). Map of the access to the site.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Funerary monuments, Graffitis, Maps, Thebes / Luxor, Valley of the Kings (Egypt)

Plans of funerary monuments from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (anc. Thebes). Greek and Coptic graffiti incised by visitors in ancient times.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Funerary monuments, Graffitis, Thebes / Luxor, Valley of the Kings (Egypt)

View of ancient Thebes in Egypt.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Funerary monuments, Plans and drawings, Thebes / Luxor, Valley of the Kings (Egypt)

Plans of catacombs in Alexandria together with floor plan of fortress in Nicopolis, and map of the isle Latonia, close to Rosetta.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Catacombs, Egypt, Funerary monuments, Latonia island (Alexandria), Nicopolis (Egypt), Plans and drawings, Rashid / anc. Rosetta, Roman monuments

Persian mausoleum in Çehel-minar, close to Şiraz (Iran).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Çehel-minar, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Funerary monuments, Human types, Mausoleums, Persia / Iran, Persian architecture, Persian monuments, Persians, Shiraz (Şiraz)

Antiquities from Cythera, which according to the author come from the Temples of Aphrodite.

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Cythera, Funerary monuments, Greece, Inscriptions, Ionian islands, Islands, Reliefs, Sarcophagi, Temple of Aphrodite (Cythera)

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