Tombs Collection (page 8)

William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 5 (litho)
8648402 William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 5 (litho) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet)

Tomb of Eleanor of Castile (litho)
8646470 Tomb of Eleanor of Castile (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tomb of Eleanor of Castile)

Monument of St Sebaldus in the Sebalduskirche, Nuremberg (b/w photo)
8656973 Monument of St Sebaldus in the Sebalduskirche, Nuremberg (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Ningpo-Tien tung sze, Chekiang, Grave in a field (b/w photo)
8654055 Ningpo-Tien tung sze, Chekiang, Grave in a field (b/w photo) by Boerschmann, Ernst (1873-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ningpo-Tien tung sze, Chekiang, Grave in a field)

Fuchou, Fukien, Grave (b/w photo)
8654035 Fuchou, Fukien, Grave (b/w photo) by Boerschmann, Ernst (1873-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fuchou, Fukien, Grave)

Tomb of Andrew Jackson at "The Hermitage" (b/w photo)
8652900 Tomb of Andrew Jackson at "The Hermitage" (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Grave of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City (b/w photo)
8652966 Grave of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grave of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City)

Grave of Jonathan Edwards, Princeton, New Jersey (b/w photo)
8652883 Grave of Jonathan Edwards, Princeton, New Jersey (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grave of Jonathan Edwards, Princeton, New Jersey)

Fuchou, Fukien, Grave (b/w photo)
8654031 Fuchou, Fukien, Grave (b/w photo) by Boerschmann, Ernst (1873-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fuchou, Fukien, Grave)

Opening of the Mastabat al-Fir'aun tomb, Egypt (engraving)
8676742 Opening of the Mastabat al-Fir'aun tomb, Egypt (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tomb of Henry, Lord Marney (litho)
8671760 Tomb of Henry, Lord Marney (litho) by Moul, Duncan (fl.1904-24); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tomb of Henry, Lord Marney)

Tomb of the Count De Borgnival (litho)
8667826 Tomb of the Count De Borgnival (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tomb of the Count De Borgnival)

Photocard, 1930s: Arc de Triomphe, Paris (coloured photo)
8671649 Photocard, 1930s: Arc de Triomphe, Paris (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arc de Triomphe, Paris)

Building the Tomb of a First Dynasty King (litho)
8661092 Building the Tomb of a First Dynasty King (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Building the Tomb of a First Dynasty King)

Egyptian Girls dancing and playing Ball (litho)
8661088 Egyptian Girls dancing and playing Ball (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Egyptian Girls dancing and playing Ball)

The Queen's Lyre
3330417 The Queen's Lyre; (add.info.: The Queen's Lyre found in the tomb of Queen Puabi, an important person in the Sumerian city of Ur. Dated 27th Century BC.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Gothic Art: Tomb of Henry II (1519-1559) and Catherine de Medicis (Caterina de Medici) (1519-1589)
JEB4961844 Gothic Art: Tomb of Henry II (1519-1559) and Catherine de Medicis (Caterina de Medici) (1519-1589). Realised by Germain Pilon (1528-1590). Cathedrale Saint Denis

Temple ruins and tomb entrance, 1841
3480335 Temple ruins and tomb entrance, 1841; (add.info.: Temple ruins and tomb entrance, Egypt, 1841 by Hector Horeau (1801-1872).); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Resurrection of Christ. Painting by Simon de Chalons (active from 1535 to 1585)
JEB4879022 The Resurrection of Christ. Painting by Simon de Chalons (active from 1535 to 1585). 1552 Oil on canvas cm 242x162 Church of Les Baux de Bedoin (Vaucluse); (add.info)

Tomb (lying) of Leo V of Armenia (1342-1393). Basilica of Saint Denis in Saint-Denis in Seine Saint Denis
BEN5481307 Tomb (lying) of Leo V of Armenia (1342-1393). Basilica of Saint Denis in Saint-Denis in Seine Saint Denis, Ile de France.; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Funerary relief made by Vettia Hospita for her husband Lucius Vettius Alexander and her daughter Vettia Polla
6384420 Funerary relief made by Vettia Hospita for her husband Lucius Vettius Alexander and her daughter Vettia Polla, depicting Vettius

Tomb modelled on the Sanctuary of the Holy Sepulchre in the Rucellai Chapel, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-72)
BEN85132 Tomb modelled on the Sanctuary of the Holy Sepulchre in the Rucellai Chapel, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-72), 1467 (marble); San Pancrazio, Florence, Italy; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Sarcophagus with pastorial scenes, 270 AD circa, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy
6384424 Sarcophagus with pastorial scenes, 270 AD circa, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

Gothic Art: Lying of the Tomb of Henry II (1519-1559) and Catherine de Medicis (Caterina de Medici) (1519-1589)
JEB4961863 Gothic Art: Lying of the Tomb of Henry II (1519-1559) and Catherine de Medicis (Caterina de Medici) (1519-1589) by Germain Pilon (1530-1590)

Lazarus in Abraham's womb. Frieze (detail) of the 12th century (sculpture)
PCT4265012 Lazarus in Abraham's womb. Frieze (detail) of the 12th century (sculpture); (add.info.: Lazarus in Abraham's womb. Frieze (detail) of the 12th century

In 1922 Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby and his wife visit the excavations of the tomb of Toutankhamon with the mecene
1742448 In 1922 Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby and his wife visit the excavations of the tomb of Toutankhamon with the mecene Lord Carnarvon whose financings allowed has Howard Carter to discover

The British Egyptologist Callender with the financier Lord Carnarvon and the archeologist Howard Carter on the site of
1749590 The British Egyptologist Callender with the financier Lord Carnarvon and the archeologist Howard Carter on the site of the excavations of the tomb of Toutankhamon in the Valley of the Kings

View of the interior showing the altar flanked by the Medici tombs of Cosimo I (1519-74) and Ferdinand I (1549-1609)
BEN85083 View of the interior showing the altar flanked by the Medici tombs of Cosimo I (1519-74) and Ferdinand I (1549-1609) by Matteo Nigetti (1560-1649), 1644; diam: 28 m cm; Cappelle Medicee

"Lord Riverdale's Repentance": the Last Home of the Riverdales - drawn by Samuel Read, 1862. Illustration to a short story by William J. Stewart

Edinburgh: the Castle, from the Greyfriars Cemetery, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Edinburgh: the Castle, from the Greyfriars Cemetery, 1864. The first object which every one visits in the Old Town is the renowned Castle of Edinburgh

Views in China: tombs of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty, at Nankin, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Views in China: tombs of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty, at Nankin, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. F. L. Bedwell, of a View of the Tombs of the Ming dynasty of Chinese Emperors

Discovery of the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings (Egypt)
1750606 Discovery of the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings (Egypt) : Howard Carter carries with an egyptian worker's help a statue composing the treasure; (add.info)

(l-r) Arthur Mace, Richard Bethell, egyptolgist Arthur Callender, Lady Evelyn Herbert, Howard Carter
1742757 (l-r) Arthur Mace, Richard Bethell, egyptolgist Arthur Callender, Lady Evelyn Herbert, Howard Carter, George Herbert 5th Lord Carnarvon, Alfred Lucas

The Egyptologist Howard Carter (right) with his sponsor Lord Carnarvon visiting the excavations of the tomb of
1742758 The Egyptologist Howard Carter (right) with his sponsor Lord Carnarvon visiting the excavations of the tomb of Toutankhamon in Thebes in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt during the winter

Japanese graves, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Japanese graves, 1865

Cemetery of Nagasaki; A European Sojourn in Japan, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Cemetery of Nagasaki; A European Sojourn in Japan, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Royal Tombs at Golconda; Notes on the Ancient Temples of India, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Royal Tombs at Golconda; Notes on the Ancient Temples of India, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

The Campo Santo, or Cemetery, Pisa, 1860. Creator: Macquaid
The Campo Santo, or Cemetery, Pisa, 1860. This famous cemetery was founded by Archbishop Ubaldo, at the end of the twelfth century, who, on his expulsion from Palestine by Saladin

499, Printed 1870 circa. Creator: Felix Bonfils
499, Printed 1870 circa

Tombe Du St. Jacquesch De... #309, Printed c.1870. Creator: Felix Bonfils
Tombe Du St. Jacquesch De... #309, Printed c.1870. Tombeau de saint Jacques et de Zacharie

Gothic Church Behind an Oak Grove with Tombs, 1810. Creator: Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Gothic Church Behind an Oak Grove with Tombs, 1810

"A Country Churchyard" - painted by Samuel Read - from the Exhibition of the Society of British Arti Creator
"A Country Churchyard" - painted by Samuel Read - from the Exhibition of the Society of British Artists, 1856. Engraving of a painting

St. Roch Cemetery, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
St. Roch Cemetery, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Tombs in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Tombs in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

The Catacombs at Rome; reproduced from Magnesium Light Instantaneous Photographs, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Catacombs at Rome; reproduced from Magnesium Light Instantaneous Photographs, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Major Pierre L'Enfant of France, Views of Tomb And of Mansion, from Down Hill, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Major Pierre L'Enfant of France, Views of Tomb And of Mansion, from Down Hill, 1917. Former home of Confederate Army General Robert E

Une premiere communion en Alsace: la Priere sur les tombes des soldats, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Une premiere communion en Alsace: la Priere sur les tombes des soldats, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Wall tombs of the old St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Wall tombs of the old St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

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Tombs, scattered across the vast landscapes of our world, hold stories of ancient civilizations and remarkable individuals. From the Lycian rock tombs in Dalyan, Anatolia, Turkey to the Treasury in Petra, Jordan; these architectural marvels stand as testaments to human ingenuity and reverence for the departed. In Asia Minor's Eurasia region lies Owen Jones Egyptian 10 - a tomb adorned with intricate carvings that transport us back to a time when pharaohs ruled over Egypt. Meanwhile, within the Columbus Lighthouse in Santo Domingo rests Christopher Columbus' supposed final resting place – an interior shrouded in mystery and historical significance. A copy of Thracian tomb of Kazanlak stands proudly as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bulgaria's Kazanlak region. Its presence reminds us of the rich cultural heritage that Europe holds within its borders. Across the English Channel lies Templars church in London – a solemn reminder of medieval knights who once protected sacred relics. No discussion about tombs is complete without mentioning the awe-inspiring Pyramids at Giza. These colossal structures have stood tall for centuries, captivating visitors from around the globe with their enigmatic allure. In Orchha, India, Royal Chattris pay homage to kings and queens long gone but forever remembered through these ornate memorials. The Tomb of Rekhmire on West Bank's Thebes offers glimpses into ancient Egyptian arts and crafts through its vivid scenes depicted on its walls. A UNESCO World Heritage Site itself, it serves as a testament to humanity's enduring love for creativity even after death. Traveling further eastward brings us to Morocco's Saadian Tombs dating back to Sultan Ahmed Al Mansour’s reign – an exquisite example showcasing Islamic architecture intertwined with history. Finally, we cannot overlook Egypt's Sphinx; its hollow head gazes upon all who visit this iconic monument while guarding secrets lost amidst time.