An artificial mound of earth or stone, esp. over an ancient grave. Also called barrow.

A circular arrangement of megaliths enclosing a dolmen or burial mound

A circular arrangement of vertically oriented wooden posts or stones

A prehistoric monument consisting of an upright megalith, usually standing alone but sometimes aligned with others

A very large stone used as found or roughly dressed, esp. in ancient construction work

A single block of stone of considerable size, often in the form of an obelisk or column

A heap of stones piled up as a monument, tombstone, or landmark

A megalithic tomb of the Neolithic and early Bronze Ages found in the British Isles and Europe, consisting of a roofed burial chamber and narrow entrance passage, covered by a tumulus; believed to have been used for successive family or clan burials spanning a number of generations. Also called chamber grave.

A tomb of the Aegean civilizations consisting of a deep rectangular cut into sloping rock and a roof of timber or stone

A stone-built subterranean tomb of the Mycenaean civilization consisting of a circular chamber covered by a corbeled dome and entered by a walled passage through a hillside

A long, deep passageway into an ancient subterranean tomb

A temple-tower in Sumerian and Assyrian architecture, built in diminishing stages of mud brick with buttressed walls faced with burnt brick, culminating in a summit shrine or temple reached by a series of ramps; thought to be of Sumerian origin, dating from the end of the 3rd millennium

A temple-tower presumed to be the great ziggurat at Babylon, which no longer survives, though it was seen and described by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BCE

The monumental stone sculptures of human-headed, winged bulls or lions that guarded the entrances to Mesopotamian palaces and temples

A prehistoric monument consisting of two or more large upright stones supporting a horizontal stone slab, found esp. in Britain and France and usually regarded as a tomb

Two upright megaliths supporting a horizontal stone

A megalithic monument erected in the early Bronze Age, c. 2700 BCE, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, consisting of four concentric rings of trilithons and menhirs centered around an altar stone: believed to have been used by a sun cult or for astronomical observations

An ancient Egyptian tomb made of mud brick, rectangular in plan with a flat roof and sloping sides, from which a shaft leads to underground burial and offering chambers

A small chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased

The figure of the sacred depicted on the headdress of ancient Egyptian rulers and deities as an emblem of supreme power

Any of the rulers of ancient Egypt who were believed to be divine and had absolute power

A tomb hewn out of native rock, presenting only an architectural front with dark interior chambers, of which the sections are supported by masses of stone left in the form of solid pillars

An ancient Egyptian temple for the worship of a deity

An ancient Egyptian temple for the offerings and worship of a deceased person, usually a deified king

A tall, four-sided shaft of stone that tapers as it rises to a pyramidal point, originating in ancient Egypt as a sacred symbol of the sun-god Ra and usually standing in pairs astride temple entrances

A monumental gateway to an ancient Egyptian temple, consisting either of a pair of tall truncated pyramids and a doorway between them or of one such masonry mass pierced with a doorway, often decorated with painted reliefs

A freestanding gateway having the form of a pylon and preceding the main gateway to an ancient Egyptian temple or sacred enclosure

A large hall having many columns in rows supporting a flat roof, and sometimes a clerestory; prevalent in ancient Egyptian and Achaemenid architecture

An ancient Egyptian column incorporating the sculptured figure of Osiris, the Egyptian god of death and resurrection

Noting an ancient Egyptian column having as its capital the head of Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of love and happiness, often represented with the head or horns of a cow

An ancient Egyptian capital shaped like of the crown of a palm tree

An ancient Egyptian capital having the shape of a lotus bud

A historic burial ground, esp. a large, elaborate one of an ancient city

A concave molding having an outline that approximates a quarter circle

A characteristic cornice of Egyptian buildings, consisting of a large cavetto decorated with vertical leaves and a roll molding below. Also called Egyptian gorge.

A figure of an imaginary creature having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk, commonly placed along avenues leading to ancient Egyptian temples or tombs

A massive masonry structure having a rectangular base and four smooth, steeply sloping sides facing the cardinal points and meeting at an apex, used in ancient Egypt as a tomb to contain the burial chamber and the mummy of the pharaoh

Usually part of a complex of buildings within a walled enclosure, including mastabas for members of the royal family, an offering chapel, and a mortuary temple

A narrow rock-cut corridor in an ancient Egyptian tomb

A raised passageway ceremonially connecting the valley temple with an ancient Egyptian pyramid