royal burials
Monarchs' final rest
Royal burials are the interment ceremonies and tomb arrangements for monarchs and their families.
These range from elaborate state funerals with processions and lying-in-state to the construction of pyramids, mausoleums, or cathedral crypts.
Royal burials often include regalia, treasures, or symbolic objects: The archaeological team uncovered a royal burial site with gold artifacts intact.
- funeral processionFormal journey to interment
- horse-drawn hearseAnimal-pulled death wagon
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- Westminster AbbeyHistoric London royal church
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
pyramid · funerary masks · necropolis · Taj Mahal · Valley of the Kings · ancient tombs · sarcophagus · ancestral worship · eternal rest · grave goods · mummification · mourning period · mourning dress · funeral rites · crypt · crown jewels · sacred relics · sepulcher