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Background imageBurials Collection: Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure of Dorak c.3000 BC - report of the finds from the excavations by James Mellaart, Assistant Director

Background imageBurials Collection: The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya

The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya
Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Well near the Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) (12381325) - also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin

Background imageBurials Collection: The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya

The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya
Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Well near the Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) (12381325) - also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin

Background imageBurials Collection: The Tombs of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin and Jahanara Begum

The Tombs of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin and Jahanara Begum
Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) (12381325) and Jahanara Begum (16141681), daughter of the Emperor Shah Jahan

Background imageBurials Collection: Mass burials in Field of Mars, Petrograd, Russia

Mass burials in Field of Mars, Petrograd, Russia
Mass burials in the Field of Mars, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, of those who died during the Revolution. Date: late 1917

Background imageBurials Collection: HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY

HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY
Hibers Trench Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas-de-Calais, France, which was created in April 1917. It contains 136 burials and commemorations of the First World War. Date: 1914 - 1918 War

Background imageBurials Collection: Welsh - Caesars Nose - CWGC Cemetery

Welsh - Caesars Nose - CWGC Cemetery
This small cemetery stands on the site of a German redoubt which was called Fortin 17. Fighting around this area began in 1915

Background imageBurials Collection: St Mary-at-Lambeth

St Mary-at-Lambeth
The church is the oldest structure in the Borough of Lambeth, except for the crypt of Lambeth Palace itself, and its burials and monuments are a record of 950 years of community history. Date: 1875

Background imageBurials Collection: Ypres Ramparts CWGC Cemetery seen across the moat

Ypres Ramparts CWGC Cemetery seen across the moat
The earliest settlement in this area is thought to have been near Langemarck in about AD960 and gradually a cluster of villages grew up around the Yperlee

Background imageBurials Collection: British CWGC Cemetery Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Belgium

British CWGC Cemetery Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Belgium
This is the largest British War Cemetery in the world and was designed by Sir Hebert Baker (who designed the tomb of Cecil Rhodes in Delhi)

Background imageBurials Collection: Menin Road South CWGC Cemetery

Menin Road South CWGC Cemetery
The cemetery was used by the 85ths Staffs, 9th East Surreys and Field Ambulances from January 1916 to 1918. It contains UK, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand

Background imageBurials Collection: Buttes New CWGC Cemetery, New Zealand Memorial

Buttes New CWGC Cemetery, New Zealand Memorial
The cemetery lies on an area which was a pre-war drill ground. It contains 1, 317 UK burials, 564 Australian, 50 Canadian, 167 New Zealand, and 1, 703 Unknown, plus 35 Special Memorials

Background imageBurials Collection: Ryes Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery

Ryes Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
The first burials here were made just 2 days after the landings. The 2nd Battalion Dorset Regiment liberated Ryes late afternoon on D Day helped by the 1st Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment

Background imageBurials Collection: First American Cemetery Marker Omaha Beach

First American Cemetery Marker Omaha Beach
This marks the first American battle burials in Europe. It was set up by 2nd Platoon of the 607th Graves Registraton Company

Background imageBurials Collection: German Cemetery Orglandes Normandy

German Cemetery Orglandes Normandy
There are over 10, 000 burials here from the battles as the Americans drove towards Cherbourg. Originally both Germans and Americans were buried here but the latter were moved in 1945 to St Laurent

Background imageBurials Collection: Skeleton of Man. Skhull Cave (Me arat Hagedi). Middle Paleol

Skeleton of Man. Skhull Cave (Me arat Hagedi). Middle Paleolithic period. Ca. 100, 000 years before the present. 40-50 years old of the arcahic Homo Sapiens Sapiens

Background imageBurials Collection: Valley of the Kings

Valley of the Kings
Entrance to the Valley of the Kings, where many Pharoahs were laid to rest. It was here that Howard Carter discovered the un-robbed tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Date: 1848

Background imageBurials Collection: Sir George Morgan

Sir George Morgan
Sir GEORGE OSBORNE MORGAN British statesman responsible for valuable social legislation, including the Burials Act and the Married womens property act. Date: 1826 - 1897

Background imageBurials Collection: PALMAROLI GONZALEZ, Vicente (1834-1896). 3rd

PALMAROLI GONZALEZ, Vicente (1834-1896). 3rd

Background imageBurials Collection: Spain. Peninsular War (1808-1814). Madrid 3rd

Spain. Peninsular War (1808-1814). Madrid 3rd May 1808. Burials at La Moncloa. Drawing by Vicente Palmaroli. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. Museo de Historia

Background imageBurials Collection: Military funeral

Military funeral
Burial of dead disabled soldiers at the disabled cemetery, Trelleborg 1918. Date: 1918

Background imageBurials Collection: Montmedy German Cemetery, Meuse, France

Montmedy German Cemetery, Meuse, France
Mass grave of 520 brave warriors in Montmedy. A German postcard of 1915, depicting the site of a mass burial of German soldiers killed in the early years of WWI

Background imageBurials Collection: The Dog Cemetery - Hyde Park, London

The Dog Cemetery - Hyde Park, London. Founded in 1880 by the Duchess of Cambridge - the last burial took place in 1905. Located behind the Victoria Gate Lodge almost opposite Lancaster Gate which is

Background imageBurials Collection: Rome / Catacombs / 1872

Rome / Catacombs / 1872
Exploring the cubiculum of Saint Cornelius, in the catacombs of St Calixtus

Background imageBurials Collection: Roman Burials - Chesters

Roman Burials - Chesters
A view from the site of Roman burials at Chesters fort (Cilurnum) on Hadrians Wall. This was the point where the wall crossed the River North Tyne

Background imageBurials Collection: Rail / St Pancras Built

Rail / St Pancras Built
Construction workers try not to desecrate the burials in St Pancras Churchyard as the new terminus is built


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