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Mausoleum is a tomb in the sense that it is a free-standing structure in the open, usually monumental in its dimensions, for the purpose of interment of an individual or a family group. The pyramids in Egypt are examples of Mausoleum par excellence.
It is common for an earthen mound to protect as a cover Megalithic tombs. In prehistoric times, such tombs served as the places of interment of generally large communities, and were constructed of very large stones.
Sarcophagus is a container made of stone to hold the body or the coffin in which it is laid. These are often decorated, and also form the part of a monument. They are normally found inside religious buildings, and the greater tombs or mausolea.
Sepulchres are found in underground rock-cut spaces, and like the tombs of ancient Egypt are used for interment. Generally, however, it means Christian or Jewish structures used for purposes as described above.
The shrine above the first place of burial of a Christian saint is called an Architectural Shrine. The shrine to which the remains are later transferred is known as a Feretory or Reliquary.
Ship burials are also regarded at times as Archaeological Tombs of aeons gone. So also are the catacombs found underneath churches, churchyards, burial grounds or cemetries and so on…When found under private lands or under a rolling landscape, they are possibly representing prehistoric burial structures or tombs.
To the Emperor Nintoku, the 16th Emperor of Japan, goes the distinction of having been buried under a tomb with the largest area in the world: volume wise, the honour goes to the pyramid of Khufu in
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