EditorialSpain, Asturias, Cangas de Onis. Burial place of Pelagius of Asturias (c.685-737 in the Santa Cueva de Covadonga (Holy Cave of Covadonga). Illustration by Fernando Miranda. Engraving, 19th century. Cronica General de Espa?a, Historia Ilustrada y Descri...
EditorialSpeyer cathedral, begun by Konrad II in 1030. View of the center nave. The oldest of the three Imperial Cathedrals on the Rhine, Speyer is the burial place of the Salic Emperors and of King Rudolf I Habsburg.
EditorialSpeyer Cathedral St. Mary and St. Steven. The oldest of the three Rhenish Imperial Cathedrals, Speyer is the burial place of the Salic Emperors and of Rudolf I Habsburg.
EditorialSaint Pierre en Souvigny, a Priory of Cluny, was the burial place of the Dukes of Bourbon. The church is romanesque, the priory, on the right, has been completely remodelled in the 18th century.
EditorialMen in a cemetery for British soldiers who fell during the Battle of Magersfontein, The Burial Place, at Modder River, or the Highlanders who fell at Maagersfontein, S. Africa (title on object), grave, tomb, South Africa, Underwood and Underwood (menti...
EditorialPlate, ca. 1760, Chinese, for British market, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 9 in. (22.9 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, The Oxford botanical garden was founded by Henry Danvers, Early of Danby, in 1632 (1573?1644). It was situated south of Magdalen c...
EditorialInscribed marble plaque, Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Cypriot, Marble, Overall: 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 5/8 in. (10.8 x 10.8 x 1.6 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, The Greek inscription, although fragmentary, is sufficient to provide enough of the sense an...
EditorialTomb of Saint Jacob. The cave with its Doric columns is in reality the vestibule of a vast burial place belonging to the priestly family of Beni-Khezir.
EditorialA morai in Atooi. A depiction of a burial place shows a small rock-strewn field surrounded by low stone walls. In the right foreground is a thatch longhouse or "mana". In the middle background is the tall open-work oracle tower or "lananu'u". There is ...
EditorialEr Ram-probably the biblical Ramah, Israel, where the prophet Samuel is said to have sat in judgement. According to Jewish tradition, the site of the Muslim Shrine at Er Ram was the burial place of Samuel.
EditorialVast burial place with many chambers underneath the Church of Gallicantu. A contested tradition designates this site of palace of Kaiphas, the tomb is supposed to have been a prison. Jerusalem, Israel.
EditorialViking Ship. Gokstad Ship, approx. 900 A.D. Was found in a burial place nera Gokstad, Norway. Replica. Scale: 1:50. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany.
EditorialA morai in Atooi. A depiction of a burial place shows a small rock-strewn field surrounded by low stone walls. In the right foreground is a thatch longhouse or "mana". In the middle background is the tall open-work oracle tower or "lananu'u". There is ...
EditorialWillow Tree. Planted by Com. Perry and other survivors of the battle of Lake Erie, to mark the burial place of the slain. Date/Period: Ca. 1870. Stereograph. Albumen silver. Height: 75 mm (2.95 in); Width: 75 mm (2.95 in).
EditorialIsrael. Jerusalem. Tomb of the Virgin Mary or Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary. Christian tomb in the Kidron Valley. Believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Interior. The entrance stairs.
EditorialTomb of Saint Jacob. The cave with its Doric columns is in reality the vestibule of a vast burial place belonging to the priestly family of Beni-Khezir.
EditorialPlate, ca. 1760, Chinese, for British market, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 9 in. (22.9 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, The Oxford botanical garden was founded by Henry Danvers, Early of Danby, in 1632 (1573?1644). It was situated south of Magdalen c...
EditorialInscribed marble plaque, Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Cypriot, Marble, Overall: 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 5/8 in. (10.8 x 10.8 x 1.6 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, The Greek inscription, although fragmentary, is sufficient to provide enough of the sense an...
EditorialImpost Capital with Acanthus Leaf Decoration, mid-12th century, Made in Ile-de-France, France, French, Limestone with traces of polychromy, Overall: 14 15/16 x 32 x 18 7/8 in. (38 x 81.3 x 48 cm), Sculpture-Architectural, This capital, and the one to t...
EditorialIsrael. Jerusalem. Tomb of the Virgin Mary or Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary. Christian tomb in the Kidron Valley. Believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Interior. The entrance stairs.
EditorialGARDEN AT WATERLOO, THE BURIAL PLACE OF THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY'S LEG. Lord Uxbridge's leg was shattered by a cannon shot at the Battle of Waterloo and removed by a surgeon. Belgium.
EditorialTHE RIVER AT TYNEMOUTH CASTLE, UK. Tynemouth Castle is located on a rocky headland (known as Pen Bal Crag), overlooking Tynemouth Pier. The moated castle-towers, gatehouse and keep are combined with the ruins of the Benedictine priory where early kings...
EditorialViking Ship. Gokstad Ship, approx. 900 A.D. Was found in a burial place nera Gokstad, Norway. Replica. Scale: 1:50. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany.
EditorialSpeyer cathedral, begun by Konrad II in 1030. View of the center nave. The oldest of the three Imperial Cathedrals on the Rhine, Speyer is the burial place of the Salic Emperors and of King Rudolf I Habsburg.
EditorialSpeyer Cathedral St. Mary and St. Steven. The oldest of the three Rhenish Imperial Cathedrals, Speyer is the burial place of the Salic Emperors and of Rudolf I Habsburg.
EditorialChurch of Saints John and Paul, Venice, main facade. Begun under the Doge Jacopo Tiepolo (died 1249), the church became the burial place for twentyfive doges.
EditorialSaint Pierre en Souvigny, a Priory of Cluny, was the burial place of the Dukes of Bourbon. The church is romanesque, the priory, on the right, has been completely remodelled in the 18th century.
EditorialEr Ram-probably the biblical Ramah, Israel, where the prophet Samuel is said to have sat in judgement. According to Jewish tradition, the site of the Muslim Shrine at Er Ram was the burial place of Samuel.
EditorialTomb of Saint Jacob. The cave with its Doric columns is in reality the vestibule of a vast burial place belonging to the priestly family of Beni-Khezir.