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A mausoleum is often a building erected mainly as being a tomb, while a stele can be a type 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 common are the ones of Rome and Alexandria. An increased accumulation of above-ground tombs is termed a necropolis (Town of the Dead). There some [http://www.battsonac.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id=217223 onoranze funebri roma] which aren't visible above ground. A cenotaph is a memorial for the dead, but doesn't have human remains.
Grave art could be expressed in several ways, for example, moai statues on Easter Island, a sort of ancestors portrait, but with the lack of individualized features. Ancestral mappings appear in a number of cultures, including the capital and China where these were held in the surviving relatives' homes rather than being buried. Depictions of psychopomps, mythical creatures that would epitomize souls with the dead in the afterlife, is typical in numerous cultures for example Greek Hermes and Etruscan Charun.


Many ancient archaeological remains are tombs, particularly megalithic monuments (consists of big boulders), as well as the earliest known specimens are dated inside a few centuries of one another, but additionally show a broad variation in design and purpose. Graves on the Iberian Peninsula was dated by thermoluminescence about 4510 f.Kr and a few grave sites at Carnacstenarna in Brittany are also dated to before 4000 BC.
This sort of burial sites was made to be monumental, something which clarifies their intention. People that built the megalithic tombs attemptedto do this by putting the dead in the pit flanked by a carefully drained ditch and therefore raise the grave to a higher level compared to the surroundings.
A monument above ground is considered to be of this particular notion of collective memory, and these early graves were probably a symbol of ancestor worship. This practice reflects a stage in social development related to communities which in fact had developed social roles and specialization of training.
Egyptian burial monuments art was directly tied to spiritual convictions regarding the existence of life after death. Artwork and images were therefore intended to preserve objects, wealth and social status inside the journey between mortality and death and also to keep the memory alive. With this context, the Egyptian mummies became encapsulated in a or more coffins while main body organs were kept in a kanoper, decorative ceremonial vessel. A certain kind of ancient Egyptian tomb inscription describes funeral customs and it is purposes.