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""!)"
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Abu Mena | Built over the Tomb of Martyr Menas of Alexandria | |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | 16 collective royal tombs in Ur | |
| Al Ain | Several | |
| Ancient villages of Northern Syria | several | |
| Arslantepe Mound | At the end of Period VIB1 (3100-3000 BC), a "royal" cist grave was found on the margins of the tell, with very rich funerary gifts, among which 75 metal objects, weapons, tools, vessels and jewellery in copper, silver, gold and various alloys. | |
| As-Salt | In the town of as-Salt and its environs are several Muslim shrines at the traditional tombs of the prophets Shu'ayb, Ayyoub, Yusha and Jadur, the Arabic names of the biblical characters Jethro, Job, Joshua and Gad. (wiki) | |
| Assisi | The tomb of saint Francis in the crypt of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (Nomination file, p. 15) | |
| Baekje Historic Areas | Tomb of King Muryeong (501 to 523) | |
| Bagerhat | Tomb of Khan Jahan | |
| Bahla Fort | six ancient tombs next to the citadel | |
| 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 | |
| Bursa and Cumalikizik | Osman and Orhan Ghazi's Tombs, and others | |
| Byblos | Ahiram's Tomb | |
| Caves of Yagul and Mitla | "There are tombs under some of the buildings" (wiki) | |
| Champaner-Pavagadh | "Tomb structures are almost all square in plan, with a dome resting on columns. They are highly decorated and often linked to a mosque." (AB ev) | |
| 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 | |
| Dilmun Burial Mounds | The majority of the tombs were constructed as single-storeyed small cylindrical towers while some of the bigger two-storeyed examples were built in a ziggurat-like shape (OUV) | |
| Ferrara | The tomb of the Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto in the Palazzo Paradiso | |
| Florence | The church of Santa Croce houses the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Niccolò Machiavelli, Gioachino Rossini, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Ugo Foscolo, among others. | |
| Funerary and memory sites of the First World War | For example, BR01 Ensemble of stelae and ancient French and German tombs of le Petit Donon | |
| Gedi | "The site includes a number of notable structures such as a palace, mosques, large residences, pillar tombs" (AB ev) | |
| Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen | ||
| Gonbad-e Qâbus | Tower was built as a tomb, although no human remains have been found inside | |
| Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town | Tombs of the Patriarchs | |
| Hedeby and Danevirke | Hedeby: ten elaborate chambered tombs (nom file) | |
| 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 | ||
| Joya de Ceren | ||
| Kaesong | associated Seven Tombs Cluster and Myongrung Tombs Cluster | |
| Karlskrona | Gravtumba at Skarva | |
| Luther Memorials | Tombs of Luther and Melanchton are in the church of Wittenberg | |
| Makli, Thatta | Tomb of Prince Sultan Ibrahim bin Nirza Mohammad Isa Tarkhan and several others | |
| 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 Alcobaça | ||
| Monastery of Batalha | Tomb of Prince Henry the Navigator | |
| Mount Wuyi | "There is also a number of tombs, the oldest dating back to the Shang Dynasty (late 2nd millennium BC)" (AB ev) | |
| Mozu-Furuichi Kofun | "Understood as tombs for kings’ clans and affiliates during this period" (OUV) | |
| Mtskheta | "an impressive barrel-vaulted tomb" on Bagineti Mountain | |
| Mycenae and Tiryns | Lion Tomb, Tomb of Clytemnestra, Tomb of Aegisthos | |
| Naples | Virgil's tomb | |
| Naumburg Cathedral | Bishop's Tomb: Very probably created by the Naumburg Master around the middle of the 13th century, the Bishop’s tomb on the steps of the east choir is one of the most important medieval portrait tombs in Germany (nom file) | |
| 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. | |
| Okinoshima Island | Shimbaru-Nuyama Mounded Tomb Group | |
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | St. Anthony's tomb at the Basilica of St. Anthony | |
| Petra | Several | |
| Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) | The tomb of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII in the church | |
| 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." | |
| Pyrénées - Mont Perdu | Dolmen of Tella | |
| Qhapaq Ñan | Chullpas of Pata-Ccaje, Tolas of Quitoloma | |
| Quanzhou | Islamic Tombs, believed to be the resting places of two Muslim people who reached Quanzhou in the 7th century AD. (AB ev) | |
| Qutb Minar | Several | |
| Rammelsberg and Goslar | The tomb of Henry III in the Palace Chapel of St. Ulrich. "Today a sarcophagus stands right in the centre of the cross in the lower chapel, whose cover slab has a sculpture dating to about the middle of the 13th century. (...) The sarcophagus contains (in an octagonal gold capsule) the heart of Henry III, which was interred in Goslar at his own request, and has been kept since 1884 in the Chapel of St. Ulrich." | |
| Rio Abiseo National Park | Los Pinchudos | |
| Rock Art in the Hail Region | The hill ranges of Jubbah, Jabal Unayza, Jabal Shouwaith and Jabal Umm Sinman contain stone structures which are usually cairns and circular tombs. Many of these burials are not very well preserved but the stone structures are still in adequate shape to convey their identity." – "At Shuwaymis the cairns are located in Wadi al-Mukhayet and in the elevated areas besides the wadi at Jabal al-Manjor (...). These are circular or roughly square-shaped structures. (Nomination file, p. 17) | |
| Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil | ||
| Saloum Delta | "In some cases, for an important individual, a funerary structure using a baobab circle forms a sanctuary (tomb of the griot Wolof Bak Kawl on Dioron Boumak)." (AB ev) | |
| Sammallahdenmäki | ||
| Shakhrisyabz | Tomb of Timur | |
| Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor | Tomb of Mahmus Kashgari | |
| Singapore Botanic Gardens | historic Chinese tombs | |
| Site of Xanadu | many, both Mongolian and Han | |
| Stonehenge | Avebury (Silbury Hill) | |
| Syracuse | The alleged tomb of Archimedes is an artificial cave dug out of limestone, located inside the Grotticelle necropolis. Its fame is due to the popular tradition which would place in this cavity the burial of the famous Syracusan Archimedes. In reality, it is quite unlikely that the tomb in question corresponds to the real tomb of Archimedes. Cicero, an ancient source, left evidence of the real burial place of the great scientist, which does not correspond to the location where the alleged tomb is located. (wiki) | |
| Tarraco | Tower of the Scipios | |
| Tchogha Zanbil | Five subterranean royal tombs | |
| The Royal Court of Tiébélé | "the nabari, the tomb of the founder of the royal family" (AB ev) | |
| Thracian tomb of Kazanlak | ||
| Thracian tomb of Sveshtari | ||
| Tikal National Park | Tombs of many of the rulers on the dynastic ruler list have been discovered (wiki) | |
| Tipasa | Tomb of Saint Salsa | |
| Tomb of Askia | ||
| Tusi Sites | Both Laosicheng and Tangya sites contain tombs, such as "Zijinshan burial ground of the Peng family containing 29 Ming period tombs" (AB ev) | |
| Verona | Scaliger Tombs | |
| Villa Adriana (Tivoli) | Antinous Tomb | |
| Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia | Included with the mosques are some tombs, such as Süleyman Bey's Tomb, and the Half Tomb (Ottoman Tomb) (at Eşrefoğlu Mosque) and Ahi Şerefeddin Tomb (at Arslanhane) | |
| Xanthos-Letoon | Xanthos - Harpy Tomb and Pillar Tomb | |
| Yin Xu | Tomb of Lady Fu Hao | |
| Yuso and Suso Monasteries | Suso |
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