Tombs of the Nobles (Amarna) — Located in Middle Egypt, the Tombs of the Nobles at Amarna are the burial places of some of the powerful courtiers and persons of the city of Akhetaten. The tombs are in 2 groups, cut into the cliffs and bluffs in the east of the dry bay of… … Wikipedia
Tombs of the Nobles (Luxor) — Located in the Theban Necropolis, near Luxor, the Tombs of the Nobles are the burial places of some of the powerful courtiers and persons of the ancient city.ee also* List of Theban Tombs … Wikipedia
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom — Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom State Party = PRC Type = Cultural Criteria = i, ii, iii, iv, v ID = 1135 Region = Asia Pacific Year = 2004 Session = Link =… … Wikipedia
Tombs — Mastaba: From c.3400 BC, these were built for the ruling classes; they consisted of an underground substructure (a brick lined pit to accommodate the burial), and a superstructure (to mark the grave above ground and to provide storage for… … Ancient Egypt
The Rough Wooing — was a term coined by Sir Walter Scott and H. E. Marshall to describe the Anglo Scottish war pursued intermittently from 1544 to 1551. It followed from the failure of the Scots to honour the terms of the 1543 Treaty of Greenwich, by which the… … Wikipedia
TOMBS AND TOMBSTONES — Regular burial of the dead in tombs was customary even in prehistoric times as a manifestation of the beginnings of religious ritual, both among nomads and among settled peoples. In the Neolithic period, deceased tribal heads were regarded as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of Theban Tombs — The Theban Necropolis is located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, in Egypt. As well as the more famous royal tombs located in the Valley of the Kings and Queens, there are numerous other tombs, more commonly referred to as Tombs of… … Wikipedia
Valle de los Nobles — Vista aérea del Valle de los Nobles/ Sheij Abd el Qurna … Wikipedia Español
Valley of the Kings — The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wadi Biban el Muluk ; Gates of the King ) [Reeves and Wilkinson (1996), p.6] is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for… … Wikipedia
List of cultural references in The Divine Comedy — The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts or canticas (or cantiche ), Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio 33, and Paradiso 33 … Wikipedia
