Memorials. Sarcophagi. Cave paintings. Crypt. Originally crypts were typically found below the main apse of a church, such as at the Abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre, but were later located beneath naves and transepts as well.
Occasionally churches were raised high to accommodate a crypt at the ground level, such as St Michael's Church in Hildesheim, Germany. Development[edit] First known in the early Christian period, in particular North Africa at Chlef and Djemila in Algeria, and Byzantium at Saint John Studio in Constantinople. Where Christian churches have been built over mithraea, the mithraeum has often been adapted to serve as a crypt.
The famous crypt at Old St. Burial vaults[edit] There was a trend in the 19th century of building crypts on medium to large size family estates, usually subtly placed on the edge of the grounds or more commonly incorporated into the cellar. Gallery[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Apollonj Ghetti, et al. eds. See also[edit] TheFreeDictionary.com. Sepulchresepulcher (US) [ˈsepəlkəʳ]N (poet) → sepulcro mwhited sepulchre → sepulcro m blanqueado Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co.
Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005 sepulchre, (US) sepulcher Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007 sepulchresepulcher (Am) [ˈsɛp/əlkəʳ]n (liter) → sepolcro sepulchre (American) sepulcher (ˈsepəlkə) noun a tomb. graf قَبْر، ضَريح гроб sepulcro hrobka das Grab gravkammer τάφος sepulcro hauakamber مزار hautaholvi sépulcre קֶבֶר कब्र grob, grobnica sír(emlék) kuburan grafhÿsi sepolcro 墓 무덤, 분묘 kapas kaps; kapenes makam graftombe grav grób مړيستون، قبر، مقبره، شامۍ، ګونيته (ګومبزه sepulcro mormânt гробница, могила hrobka grob grobnica grift, grav สุสานฝังศพ mezar, kabir 墳墓 могила, гробниця قبر mộ cổ, mộ(bằng đá) 坟墓 sepulcre.
Mausoleum. A mausoleum[1] is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people.
A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum. A Christian mausoleum sometimes includes a chapel. Overview[edit] The word derives from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (near modern-day Bodrum in Turkey), the grave of King Mausolus, the Persian satrap of Caria, whose large tomb was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Historically, mausolea were, and still may be, large and impressive constructions for a deceased leader or other person of importance. Arlington National Cemetery. Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe. Post Mortem - Info and Photos of Victorian Funerals. Came across a really cool site this morning called "Post Mortem".
Lots of historical and interesting information and victorian photos. Worth a look seek .... Did you know that in the late 1800's and early 1900's, funeral parlors would allow family members to take photos of their loved one's as a way of remembrance (they still do it in the south) or, if the family was too poor to have one taken while they were still alive, sometimes the funeral parlor would take on for them. And, did you know.... ...that most wood caskets do not seal? ...that casket come in a huge variety of materials?
...that in the old days, they would pack the funeral parlor (or the family's home if the wake was held there) with tons of flowers as a way of masking the odor of a decaying corpse? ...that around that late 1800's & early 1900's, businesses used for funeral purposes were just called Undertaker. How Africa Became the Cradle of Humankind. Absence.
Loss of a loved one. Falling by James Dickey. A 29-year-old stewardess fell ... to her death tonight when she was swept through an emergency door that suddenly sprang open ...
The body ... was found ... three hours after the accident. —New York Times The states when they black out and lie there rolling when they turn To something transcontinental move by drawing moonlight out of the great One-sided stone hung off the starboard wingtip some sleeper next to An engine is groaning for coffee and there is faintly coming in Somewhere the vast beast-whistle of space. In the galley with its racks Of trays she rummages for a blanket and moves in her slim tailored Uniform to pin it over the cry at the top of the door. As though she blew To watch it.