Burial Places

Thousands of members of one family rest in peace at Okinawa's largest community gravesite.

Traces of a Sami settlement and sacrificial site dating back more than 9,000 years.

These caves are full of coffins, but we can't say who the bodies belong to.

The final resting place of a once-unsung hero of paleontology.

In Malawi, this is where the lion sleeps tonight.

It may not be the final resting place of a literal giant, but the Giant’s Grave is still archaeologically important.

Malta’s largest cemetery is a Victorian-era architectural masterpiece.

This cliffside memorial marks the final resting place of a lonely violinist.

Hundreds of medieval Islamic gravestones decorate the mountainous landscape in the largest cemetery in Turkey.

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

A unique collection of five Roman burial grounds right next to the road.

Padre Delgado, a leader in the fight for Salvadoran independence, is buried in this stunning Brutalist cathedral.

A scattered cemetery of medieval tombstones, each carved with indivdual patterns and scenes, overlooking a bright blue lake.

Built by a Detroit lawyer in honor of his wife.

Since its accidental discovery in 1977, this sarcophagus has been described as "the greatest masterpiece of Merovingian sculpture north of the Alps."

Carved wooden graves mark the plots at this cemetery in an old mining town.

Sweden's first Viking city is also the site of thousands of burial mounds.