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A mausoleum is a building erected mainly as being a tomb, while a stele is a kind of headstone used mostly in European coastal areas even though the chariot graves were common throughout Eurasia. Catacombs are underground cemeteries connected by tunnels, and among the most famous are the ones of Rome and Alexandria. A better accumulation of above-ground tombs is known as a necropolis (Town of the Dead). There some [http://www.futureforeignpolicy.com/1/futureshare/discussion/88573/learning-the-role-of-tombstones prezzi lapidi roma] which are not visible above ground. A cenotaph can be a memorial towards the dead, but does not have any human remains.
Grave art might be expressed in several ways, by way of example, moai statues on Easter Island, a form of ancestors portrait, however with having less individualized features. Ancestral mappings come in a number of cultures, including ancient Rome and China where they were held in the surviving relatives' homes instead of being buried. Depictions of psychopomps, mythical creatures that will epitomize souls of the dead in the afterlife, is usual in many cultures like Greek Hermes and Etruscan Charun.


The majority of ancient archaeological remains are tombs, particularly megalithic monuments (consisting of big boulders), as well as the earliest known specimens are dated within a few centuries of one another, and also show a broad variation in design and purpose. Graves on the Iberian Peninsula have been dated by thermoluminescence about 4510 f.Kr and some grave sites at Carnacstenarna in Brittany are also dated to before 4000 BC.
This type of burial sites was designed to be monumental, a thing that clarifies their intention. People who built the megalithic tombs attempted to do this by putting the dead within a pit surrounded by a carefully drained ditch and so raise inside the grave to some advanced than the surroundings.
A monument above ground is regarded as linked to the thought of collective memory, and these early graves were probably a symbol of ancestor worship. This practice reflects a stage in social development linked to communities which in fact had developed social roles and specialization at work.
Egyptian burial monuments art was directly associated with non secular convictions regarding the information on life after death. Works of art and pictures were therefore intended to preserve objects, wealth and social status within the journey between mortality and death also to maintain your memory alive. With this context, the Egyptian mummies became encapsulated a single or higher coffins while main organs were saved in a kanoper, decorative ceremonial vessel. A selected sort of ancient Egyptian tomb inscription describes funeral customs and its purposes.