6 sentences with “burial”

The Oseberg ship, a surviving Viking drakkar ship, was discovered in a Viking burial mound in Norway and is preserved in a dedicated museum in Oslo.

The burial of a hamster brings back tears shed in the past over the death of another pet, perhaps a turtle that we wrapped in tissues and buried at the foot of a tree.

We arrived in Cairo. We immediately went to see the pyramids and to walk the corridors of the pyramid of Cheops until we reached the burial chamber, with a surprised and excited spirit.

In the most remote burial, that of a Neanderthal man, the body is curled up in a cavity in the ground with a bison's foot beside it: it would have served as food during his journey to the afterlife.

At that time, servants, soldiers and relatives of the deceased rulers accompanied them to the burial. Shih-huang-ti did not resort to human sacrifice, but had this army of royal dimensions built to show his power.

In addition, a very rich tomb has been uncovered, consisting of a burial chamber covered by a tumulus with a circular base some fifty metres in diameter and twenty metres high. The burial mound is made of about five tons of charcoal and covered with a layer of clay more than a metre thick.