Tombs

A hilltop fortress full of tombs, including one for legendary hero Seyyid Battal Gazi.

Hike to a hidden medieval troglodyte necropolis.

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.

In Malawi, this is where the lion sleeps tonight.

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

These Neolithic burial mounds and a still-intact passage tomb may have solar calendar significance on the spring and autumn equinoxes.

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.

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

Local legend claims that this is the final resting place of an infamous cannibal hag.

A riverside stone memorial dedicated to an unidentified hero.

A knight said to have slayed a dragon with the help of his winged dogs is buried inside the walls of a church.

A Nuragic tomb, a Roman tomb, and a Byzantine Church, all hidden inside a rock.

The final resting place of the dictator of Taiwan.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

In an Emirati park near the Omani border, a reconstructed Bronze Age tomb with impressive reliefs.