Burial Places

A mausoleum dedicated to a warrior felled by misplaced loyalty and tragic circumstances.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

Mysterious chains and iron stakes adorn this strange grave, with no explanation.

A sprawling ancient Jewish cemetery with over 30 rock-hewn burial caves.

Three floors above a 2,000-year-old royal tomb is a rare collection of ancient porcelain pillows.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

This commanding mausoleum holds the remains of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.

The bulletproof cross stands at the only operational Christian cemetery in Pakistan's most populated city.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

Monumental sculptures guard many of the graves, transforming this necropolis into an open-air fine art museum.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.