tomb guardian
Burial chamber defender
A tomb guardian is a statue or figure placed at a grave site to protect the deceased in the afterlife.
Common in ancient Chinese, Egyptian, and other burial traditions, these sculpted sentinels range from fierce warriors to mythical beasts.
The term also appears in fantasy games and fiction, where tomb guardians are animated creatures defending burial chambers from intruders.
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- burial chamberRoom for interring remains
- sentinelGuard who monitors
- sphinxMysterious, unreadable person
- stone lionCarved feline guardian statue
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- Asian Sculptureseated Buddha, standing Buddha, garden Buddha, Bodhisattva, foo dog
- funeral rolespallbearer, mourner, officiant, funeral director, eulogist
- tomb artsarcophagus, effigy, tombstone, gravestone, headstone
- figurinesanimal figurine, angel figurine, cat figurine, fairy figurine, nativity figure
- Royal TombsValley of the Kings, mausoleum, sarcophagus, pyramid, necropolis
- undeadzombie, vampire, ghost, lich, skeleton
tomb guardiangrave robber
One who exhumes illegally
necromancer · body snatcher · grave digger · looter · treasure hunter
tomb guardiangrave robber
One who exhumes illegally
desecrator · looter · resurrectionist · ghoul · plunderer
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