burial chamber
Final resting vault
A burial chamber is an enclosed space designed to hold the remains of the dead.
The term typically refers to rooms within ancient tombs, pyramids, or underground vaults where bodies were interred, often with grave goods: Archaeologists discovered the pharaoh's burial chamber intact.
Modern use tends toward the historical or archaeological.
- catacombUnderground cemetery passage
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
pyramid · King Tut · ancient Egypt · grave · six feet under · dolmen · barrow · ossuary · necropolis · funerary rites · interment · grave goods · hidden treasure · tumulus · coffin · stone slab · cenotaph · mummification
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- burial sitesgrave, tomb, tombs, crypt, crypts
- chambersbedchamber, antechamber
- Egyptian tombssarcophagus, mummy, mummies, canopic jar, sarcophagi
- GizaGreat Pyramid, Sphinx, Great Sphinx, Khufu, necropolis
- tombstombs, mausoleum, sarcophagus, gravestones, mausoleums
burial chamberdelivery room
Hospital room for childbirth
maternity ward · nursery · cradle · womb · incubator
burial chambersanctuary
Protected sacred space
wedding chapel · baptistery · temple · altar · shrine
burial chamberliving quarters
Residential rooms or space
dwelling · residence · bedroom · home · guest room
chamber, buried, burial, burying, graves, buries, sepulcher, gravedigger, sepulchers