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  • Ming tombs, Peking: the Lingendian (Hall of Prominent Favour) at Changling. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Ming tombs, Peking: the Lingendian (Hall of Prominent Favour) at Changling. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Agra: Mausoleum of Itmad-ud-Daula, interior view of the dome over the tombs. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Mosque of Ayed Bey, with other tombs of the caliphs, Cairo, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Istanbul: people standing by tombs in a Turkish burial ground; the city in the background. Watercolour by M. O'Reilly, 1854.
  • Sikandra, near Agra, Uttar Pradesh: tombs in the grounds near the mausoleum of the Emperor Akbar. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.
  • Two European men standing next to tombs in the Bay of Castries, Saint Lucia. Etching by J. Heath, 1798, after G. Duché de Vancy.
  • Agra: the Taj Mahal, interior view of the vaulted dome over the tombs of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Mausoleum of the sultans Mahmud II and Abdulaziz, Istanbul; a man kneels in front of the two decorative tombs. Photograph by Abdullah Frères, ca. 1900.
  • Cyprus : its ancient cities, tombs, and temples a narrative of researches and excavations during ten years' residence as American consul in that island / by Louis Palma di Cesnola.
  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • ... The burial customs of ancient Egypt as illustrated by tombs of the Middle Kingdom : being a report of excavations made in the necropolis of Beni Hassan during 1902-3-4 / by John Garstang; with coloured frontispiece by Mr. G. Hall Neale, 15 plates, and 231 photographic illustrations in the text.
  • ... The burial customs of ancient Egypt as illustrated by tombs of the Middle Kingdom : being a report of excavations made in the necropolis of Beni Hassan during 1902-3-4 / by John Garstang; with coloured frontispiece by Mr. G. Hall Neale, 15 plates, and 231 photographic illustrations in the text.
  • Rock tombs at Beni Hassan, Middle Egypt date from the Middle Kingdom dynasties XI (2060-1991 BCE) and XII (1991-1782 BCE) and rank among the most important monuments of Ancient Egypt. They were built for the dignitaries of Menat-Khufu, one of the oldest place names recorded in ancient Egypt. The tomb walls are decorated with mural paintings executed on rocky walls made smooth with plaster. These paintings are radidly deteriorating and most reproductions are from paintings of the originals. This painting, from the tomb of Khnumenhotep, the Mayor of Menat-Khufu, shows him using a large draw net to capture marsh fowl. The basic sources of animal protein for Ancient Egyptians were wild fowl and fish. A multitude of bird species inhabited the reed beds along the Nile, far more in dynastic times than today. They included ducks, geese, finches, egrets, storks, ibis, cranes and red-breasted goose which is no longer found in Egypt.
  • Rock tombs at Beni Hassan, Middle Egypt date from the Middle Kingdom dynasties XI (2060-1991 BCE) and XII (1991-1782 BCE) and rank among the most important monuments of Ancient Egypt. They were built for the dignitaries of Menat-Khufu, one of the oldest place names recorded in ancient Egypt. The tomb walls are decorated with mural paintings executed on rocky walls made smooth with plaster. These paintings are radidly deteriorating and most reproductions are from paintings of the originals. A small tree full of birds is shown at the bottom left of the tomb. Egypt is on the major migratory route between Europe and Africa which accounts for a variety of birds depicted in illustrations. After slaughter, birds were plucked and either roasted to be eaten immediately, or dried, salted and pickled in large amphorae. Wildfowl such as ducks, geese and cranes were sometimes fattened for the table and occassionally force-ded with bread and sweetened mash. Ducks and geese were also kept for eggs as were pigeons and pelicans. Domestic flow (chickens) were not introduced into Egypt in any numbers until the roman period (30 BCE-CE 395).
  • Napoleon's tomb
  • Tomb relief
  • Tomb with deposit of skulls
  • Fragment of tomb relief, Graeco Roman
  • Fragment of tomb relief, Graeco Roman
  • Fragment of tomb relief, Graeco Roman
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching.
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Engraving.
  • Athenian tomb relief, circa 350/325 B.C.
  • Beni Hassan tomb, Egypt, Flint knives in use.
  • Beni Hassan tomb, Egypt, Flint knives in use.
  • A stone tomb decorated with Egyptian ornaments. Aquatint.
  • Rahere (above); his tomb effigy (below). Stipple engraving.
  • Rahere (above); his tomb effigy (below). Stipple engraving.
  • Lower fragment of tomb-relief of physician Demetrios