sepulchral monuments
Cemetery stone structures
Sepulchral monuments are structures erected to memorialize the dead—tombs, mausoleums, elaborate gravestones, and similar commemorative architecture.
The term carries a formal, slightly antiquarian tone, often appearing in discussions of ancient or historical burial sites: The valley contains sepulchral monuments dating to the Bronze Age.
Sepulchral suggests the solemn atmosphere of burial places.
- burial ritesCeremonies for interring deceased
- resting placeLocation for settling down
- cenotaphTomb without a body
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- family vaultBurial chamber for relatives
tombstone · marble carving · columbarium · death mask · stele · crypt · necropolis · grave marker · ancestor worship · obelisk · sarcophagus · mourning customs · tumulus · funeral procession · effigy · stone masonry · carved in stone · memorialization
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- medieval sculpturetympanum, archivolt, relief carvings, stone carving, capitals
- cemeteriescemetery, graves, grave, burial, headstones
- tombstombs, burial vault, burial chamber, mausoleum, graves
- burial groundsgraves, tombs, crypts, vaults, churchyards
sepulchral monumentsdwelling places
Locations where people live
houses · homes · living quarters · habitations · nurseries