Mausoleum
Monumental burial chamber
A mausoleum is a large, stately tomb—typically an above-ground stone building housing the remains of the dead.
The word comes from the monumental tomb built for Mausolus, a fourth-century BC ruler, which became one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.
Mausoleums are often found in cemeteries as family burial chambers: The family mausoleum held four generations of Vanderbilts.
Underground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- domeRounded vault forming roof
columns · chamber · monument · edifice · portico · facade · granite · bronze doors
Placing deceased underground
- intermentPutting a body underground
- remainsContinues in place
- deceasedNo longer living
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
mourning · funeral · cemetery · graveyard · eternal rest · resting place · ashes · casket
tomb
Underground chamber for remains
dome · columns · chamber · monument · edifice · portico · facade · granite · bronze doors · rotunda
burial
Placing deceased underground
memorial · mourning · funeral · cemetery · graveyard · eternal rest · resting place · ashes · casket · entombment
Halicarnassus
Ancient Greek city, now Bodrum
- Seven WondersCelebrated ancient structures
- Taj MahalMarble mausoleum in Agra
- LeninSoviet state founder
Mao · Grant · Napoleon · pharaoh · emperor · dynasty · royalty · nobility · ancient · Persian
eerie
Disturbingly strange
shadowy · cold · musty · echoing · dim · reverent · somber · gothic · melancholy · stillness
- landmarkspyramids, lighthouse, national monument, Colosseum, Eiffel Tower
- World WondersGreat Pyramid, Colossus, Great Wall, Petra, Machu Picchu
- CariaHalicarnassus, Artemisia
- VietnamVietnam, Saigon, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang
- Ancient WondersGreat Pyramid, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus
- Islamic SitesKaaba, Masjid al-Haram, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Dome of the Rock, Blue Mosque
Mausoleumsky burial
Tibetan aerial interment practice
ash scattering · sea burial · cremation · burial at sea · natural burial