Template:HistoricTomb

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tomb=columbarium Columbarium - A place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns.
tomb=crypt Crypt - A chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics.
tomb=hypogeum Hypogeum - An underground tomb with multiple niches or loculi, often also with multiple tunnels.
tomb=loculi Loculus - An architectural compartment or niche that houses a body.
tomb=mausoleum Mausoleum - An external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people.
tomb=pyramid Pyramid - A structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single point at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense.
tomb=rock-cut Rock-cut tombs - A burial chamber that is cut into an existing, naturally occurring rock formation.
tomb=sarcophagus Sarcophagus - A box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried.
tomb=table A table-shaped tomb built above the grave and supported by a series of pillars.
tomb=tumulus Tumulus - A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves, or it may contain one or more chamber tombs.
tomb=turbe Turbe - An Islamic building enclosing burial chamber or grave (individual or group). Usually domed, can be opened with a columns supporting a roof or enclosed space. In the case of a mausoleum, use tomb=mausoleum with mausoleum=turbe.
tomb=vault Burial vault - A structural underground tomb, formerly made of wood or brick but more often today made of concrete, that encloses a coffin to help prevent a grave from sinking.
tomb=war_grave War grave - A single grave for one or more members of the armed forces or civilians who died during military campaigns or operations.
tomb=cenotaph (deprecated) Do not use this tag because a cenotaph is not a kind of tomb. Use historic=memorial + memorial=cenotaph or historic=monument instead.
tomb=tombstone (deprecated) Do not use this tag because a tombstone is not a kind of tomb. it is a part of a tomb.

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