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The family, therefore, had a common tomb, where its members, one after another, must come to sleep. For this tomb the rule was the same as for the hearth. It was no more permitted to unite two families in the same tomb than it was to establish two domestic hearths in the same house. To bury one out of the family tomb, or to place a stranger in this
... See moreNuma Denis Fustel de Coulanges • The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Illustrated)
During his lifetime, the Sultan had built himself a massive tomb of red sandstone. This he erected in the very centre of Jahanpanah, the new city of Delhi he had first built, then destroyed.
William Dalrymple • City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
Inside, the chambers were worlds in miniature. The dead lay in coffins, or on their backs or sides on the chamber floor (which in some cases was a proper deck of timber or at least birch bark matting), sometimes sat in chairs, or were even tucked up in a bed. Around them were often animals, including in some cases one or two horses positioned at
... See moreNeil Price • The Children of Ash and Elm
The Fourteenth Station: Jesus Is Placed in the Tomb
Gary Jansen • Station to Station: An Ignatian Journey through the Stations of the Cross
two human skulls are within the ashes.