Tumuli

A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Tumuli':

  • Archaeological Site of Aigai
  • Bend of the Boyne
  • Cahokia Mounds
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano La tomba del Principe in Monte Pruno
  • Curonian Spit 500 tumuli were discovered in Kaup
  • Etruscan Necropolises
  • Gyeongju
  • Jelling
  • Sammallahdenmäki Stone cairns
  • Stonehenge Avebury Silbury hill near Avebury (biggest tumulus in Europe), West Kennet Barrow and East Kennet Barrow. Also many smaller ones.
  • Volubilis AB: “there is a burial mound dating from the 3rd/2nd century BC”