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Ahlat Selçuklu Mezarlığı is, as the locals will proudly tell you, the largest Islamic cemetery in Turkey and the fourth-largest in the world. Sandwiched between Lake Van to the south, Mount Suphan to the east, and Mount Nemrut towering to the west, the setting is stunning. But the decorated gravestones are the real attraction; standing […]
While Newgrange may be the most famous Neolithic passage tomb in Ireland, Loughcrew is one of the most fabled. Around 3300-2900 BC, rock cairns were piled high atop four hills that sit side-by-side in modern-day County Meath. These hills are known as Slieve na Calliagh, or “Mountains of the Witch.” Legend says that a giant […]
In a city famous for its cemeteries, one of the strangest is easy to miss. Its tombs are scattered in locations that seem improbable for interments: an antique shop, an old hotel, a museum. But these tombs have never held human occupants. Standing less than a foot tall, each is a meticulously handcrafted miniature facsimile […]
The southeastern corner of the island of Sicily is home to the Necropolis of Pantalica, a collection of cemeteries with rock-cut chamber tombs. There are thought to be just under 4,000 tombs in the area, dating from the 13th to the 7th centuries BC. The area is of archaeological significance, and it is also a nature […]
Seven tombs were found with holes in a cemetery in Malita, Davao Occidental according to Mark Salazar’s report on “24 Oras.” Relatives of the deceased suspected that some people tried to take a bone from the knee of the remains to turn them into amulets called “tuway-tuway.” The police said it is investigating the incident. […]
Once upon a time, over a thousand years ago, a Buddhist monk named Yūkei was traveling across the Adachi-ga-hara plain when he sought a lodging for the night and found a cavern occupied by an old woman. She agreed to accommodate him on condition that he does not look inside the chamber at the back […]