Tombs

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

Every Friday, Sufi dervishes whirl around the tomb in a trance-like state as part of a sacred ritual called dhikr.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

The forgotten tomb of the Peruvian rubber baron who was the inspiration for Werner Herzog's epic film "Fitzcarraldo."

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.