Tombs

Burial location of an individual (or at most for a small number of related people), with some sort of structure/decoration beyond a grave"" (but less grand than a ""mausoleum""!)"

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Tombs':

  • Abu Mena Built over the Tomb of Martyr Menas of Alexandria
  • Al Ain Several
  • Ancient villages of Northern Syria several
  • Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns Lion Tomb, Tomb of Clytemnestra, Tomb of Aegisthos
  • Ardabil
  • Bagerhat Tomb of Khan Jahan
  • Baroque Churches San Agustin church in Manila houses the sepulchre of the conquistador Miguel Lopez De legazpi, among others.
  • Belem Monastery of the Hieronymites: tombs of King Manuel I and King John III; tombs for Vasco da Gama and Luis de Camoes
  • Berat and Gjirokastra Sabbatai Zevi's Tomb in Berat
  • Birka and Hovgarden Archibishop Unni's Tomb
  • Burgos Cathedral Contains the tomb of Spain's national hero El Cid
  • Byblos Ahiram's Tomb
  • Chan Chan Every palace / unit had its own burial place, with tombs for the chieftains
  • Chavin
  • China Danxia Longhushan, part of Danxia has the famous cliff hanging tombs of Yue Family
  • Classical Weimar The Prince's Tomb
  • Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
  • Gonbad-e Qâbus Tower was built as a tomb, although no human remains have been found inside
  • Hildesheim Cathedral and Church Elaborate tomb of St. Bernward, in the crypt
  • Hué Khai Dinh tomb
  • Incense Route of the Negev Tomb of Aurelia Molcha at Avdat
  • Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Many miners' tombs can be found in forest around temples on the way from Omori to Ryugenji Mine
  • Jelling
  • Luther Memorials Tombs of Luther and Melanchton are in the church of Wittenberg
  • Masada Tomb of the Zealots downhill
  • Matobo Hills "Graves of King Mzilikazi who formed the Ndebele nation and Cecil Rhodes who led European settlers into the country are both within the nominated area."
  • Monastery of Alcobaca
  • Monastery of Batalha Tomb of Prince Henry the Navigator
  • Mtskheta "an impressive barrel-vaulted tomb" on Bagineti Mountain
  • Oaxaca and Monte Alban Monte Alban
  • Ohrid Region In the vicinity of the newly rebuilt monastery church of St. Kliment and Pantelejmon there is a tomb where Sinan (Jusuf) Chelebi was buried in 1493.
  • Petra Several
  • Potala Palace "In the Potala Palace, there are eight stupa-tomb chapels (where the relics of the Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and the Thirteenth Dalai Lamas are preserved."; link
  • Pyrénées - Mount Perdu Dolmen of Tella
  • Qutb Minar Several
  • Rio Abiseo National Park Los Pinchudos
  • Sammallahdenmäki
  • Shakhrisyabz Tomb of Timur
  • Site of Xanadu many, both Mongolian and Han
  • Stonehenge Avebury (Silbury Hill)
  • Tarraco Tower of the Scipios
  • Tchogha Zanbil Five subterranean royal tombs
  • Thatta Tomb of Prince Sultan Ibrahim bin Nirza Mohammad Isa Tarkhan and several others
  • Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
  • Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
  • Tomb of Askia
  • Verona Scaliger Tombs
  • Villa Adriana (Tivoli) Antinous Tomb
  • Xanthos-Letoon Xanthos - Harpy Tomb and Pillar Tomb; link
  • Yagul and Mitla "There are tombs under some of the buildings" (wiki)
  • Yin Xu Tomb of Lady Fu Hao
  • Yuso and Suso Monasteries Suso