For #TombTuesday, this small 14th C. reliquary at the Cathedral of Valencia, #Spain
More info: https://museocatedralvalencia.com/tour-museo/cartela-10/cartela-2/
For #TombTuesday, this small 14th C. reliquary at the Cathedral of Valencia, #Spain
More info: https://museocatedralvalencia.com/tour-museo/cartela-10/cartela-2/
Der wohl einzige Friedhof, der vom ALDI-Äquator durchzogen ist: Zum #TombTuesday gibt es auf der Website ab sofort einen Artikel zum Friedhof Bredeney un Essen, auf dem u.a. Theo und Karl Albrecht als Gründer von ALDI Nord und Süd auf zwei entfernt voneinander liegenden Gräbern ihre letzte Ruhe gefunden haben. Theo passenderweise im Norden, Karl im Süden.
Mehr dazu: https://www.ruhrgebiet-industriekultur.de/friedhoefe-im-ruhrgebiet/#bredeney #Ruhrgebiet
Just outside Palmela, on a rocky ridge above fields of wildflowers, lie some of Portugal’s most extraordinary Neolithic tombs: the rock-cut caves of Quinta do Anjo.
Carved by hand into solid rock over 5,000 years ago, these ancient burial chambers still echo with mystery and reverence.
#TombTuesday #Neolithic #AncientHistory #Megaliths #Archaeology #CulturalHeritage
“An impressive Clava ring-cairn, its form perfectly apparent despite some interior disturbance”, HES. Grenish, near Aviemore in the #Cairngorms …. #TombTuesday
More pics on @megalithic here https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=960
Luistari in Eura is the largest excavated Iron Age burial ground in Finland. It is dated to 500-1200 AD. The graves are supine inhumations with clothing, jewellery and weaponry. One reconstructed female dress is included in the official list of Finnish national costumes. Photo: Leena Koivisto #TombTuesday
Dolmen della Chianca, Apulia, Italia
O Dolmen della Chianca é um monumento megalítico pré-histórico datado da Idade do Bronze, entre 2300 e 1750 AEC
For #TombTuesday come visit a gorgeous dolmen above the Tejo River in the heart of Portugal
#megalith #megalithictomb #dolmen #Portugal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8io6TRxMHUQ
#TombTuesday with the Necropolis of Taormina, a Columbarium on the road up into the town
People appear to call it interchangeably the 'Byzantine' or 'Arab Necropolis' with estimates of use between c8-11
See more of Taormina in the new episode >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL1ZJcvhnoM
The junction in the funerary roads at Cerveteri in Italy. These tumuli were Orientalising tombs. They were partly cut into tuff and partly constructed. One tumulus could have multiple chambers meant for a family. #TombTuesday
For #TombTuesday and #EpigraphyTuesday, this 10th-century tombstone of a man named Wittiza.
Casa Padellàs
#Barcelona #Spain
Latin transcription and modern translations in image description.
Zwei Engel, ein Totenschädel – und ein Jahr, das nie zu Ende geschrieben wurde: ANO 17 _ _
Vielleicht vergessen. Vielleicht nie begonnen. Der Stein erinnert. Und schweigt zugleich. #TombTuesday
This #TombTuesday I'm grateful that yesterday when Portugal had a massive nation-wide powercut, I was out in the countryside admiring this gorgeous dolmen in the sunshine, surrounded by wildflowers. No electricity needed!
#Portugal #megalith #megalithictomb
Zum #TombTuesday gibt es heute drei verschiedene Statuen auf einem Friedhof in Essen. Ich habe übrigens noch nie die Abbildung eines Mannes gesehen, der auf dem Grab einer Frau aufgestellt ist. Es sind meist Frauen-Figuren oder Engel, die trauern…
Mullach an Tuir Cairn near Cannich in the Highlands was only ‘rediscovered’ 30 yrs ago #TombTuesday
More info on the site & the amazing work of Strathglass Heritage Association here https://www.strathglass-heritage-trail.co.uk/mullach-an-tuir/
Bronkham Hill barrow cemetery in Dorset dates to the Neolithic and Bronze Age. The barrows range from small, 3.7 metres in diameter, to large, 30 metres in diameter. The whole ridge top is filled with barrows and cairns and holes in the ground. #TombTuesday
The reliquary chapel of St. Eulalia in the Cathedral of #Barcelona, #Spain
Historisch und versteckt im Wald, aber das schmiedeiserne Tor steht offen zum Besuch: Der Familienfriedhof derer von Bodelschwingh in Bergkamen. Umgeben von alten Bäumen und efeubewachsenen Gräbern liegt dieser Ort ruhig abseits der Wege – ein Stück westfälischer Adelsgeschichte mitten in der Natur. #TombTuesday
Mehr zu diesem Ort in der Rubrik "Friedhöfe im Ruhrgebiet": https://www.ruhrgebiet-industriekultur.de/friedhoefe-im-ruhrgebiet/#bodelschwingh
For #tombtuesday here's a stunner of a dolmen: the Anta do Barrocal, in Évora district. Read more here:
https://prehistoricportugal.com/2025/04/anta-do-barrocal/
#megalith #megalithic #Portugal #dolmen
13th century stone effigy from Arbuthnott Parish Church in Aberdeenshire, considered to be that of Hugo le Blond of Arbuthnott. The tomb below is 16th century in date, and contains the remains of James Arbuthnott. My own. #TombTuesday #Medieval #Aberdeenshire