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Gamla uppsala
The Royal mounds of Gamla Uppsala from the 5th and the 6th centuries. Originally, the site had 2000 to 3000 tumuli, but owing to quarrying and agriculture only 250 remain.
Sulm valley tumulus
One of the Hallstatt culture-era tumuli in the Sulm valley necropolis

A Tumulus (one tumulus, several Tumuli) is a certain type of grave. The word comes from Latin. This way of burying people was common in the Stone age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. There are different layouts. Sometimes sarcophaguses were used, at other times, urns were placed in the grave. There are layouts with one or with multiple chambers. Sometimes the location is privileged, and stone circles can be found nearby.

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  • Bin Tepe, large tumulus

    Tomb of King Alyattes at Bin Tepe in Lydia, modern Turkey, built circa 560 BCE. It is "one of the largest tumuli ever built", with a diameter of 360 meters and a height of 61 meters.

  • German military cemetery Normandy 1

    La Cambe German war cemetery

  • Kasta tumulus - view from Amphipolis

    Kasta tumulus Amphipolis

  • Soulton Long Barrow, an example of the modern barrows

    Soulton Long Barrow, an example of the modern barrows

  • VarnaMemorial

    Memorial of the Battle of Varna dedicated to Władysław III of Poland dug into an ancient Thracian tumulus

  • Großmugl - Hügelgrab (1)

    Großmugl in Austria

  • Sutton Hoo burial ground 4

    Part of the burial ground at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk

  • Tumulus Dissignac2

    The mound of Dissignac is a megalithic monument located in the French town of Saint-Nazaire

  • Tomba Margareth

    Interior of the Tomba Margareth, Etruscan tumulus near Blera, Italy

  • Oss vorstengraf

    Vorstengraf near Oss (Netherlands) from above

  • Dolmen Outeiro de Gregos3

    Tumulus at Outeiro de Gregos, Baião, Portugal (5th or 4th millennium BC)

  • Hågahögen

    King Björn's barrow in Håga, Sweden

  • Jellhaugen grave mound, Halden

    Jellhaugen, Norway's 2nd biggest tumulus. Photo: Tore Schrøder

  • Tinghøj Hammershøj Kvorning 2010-01-08 edit filtered

    The tumulus Tinghøjen located between Randers and Viborg, one of about 26,000 conserved tumuli in Denmark. Photo from January, 2010

  • Gordion82

    The "Tomb of Midas" in Gordion, dated 740 BC.

  • TumMMWPintro

    Tumulus MM, Gordion, at sunset

  • JerusalemTumulus2

    Jerusalem tumulus #2 in 2004

  • NintokuTomb

    Daisen Kofun, the largest of all kofun

  • Burial-Mounds-at-GyeongJu

    Burial mounds of the Silla kings in Korea

  • Serpent Mounds NHS

    Serpent Mounds Park, located near Peterborough, Ontario, was named because of the zig-zag serpent shapes of its mounds.

  • Cerrito de Indios

    Cerritos in Rocha, Uruguay.

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