:''See also
:Memorials,
cenotaph
A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenot ...
,
monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...
,
catacombs,
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
,
pyramid
A pyramid (from el, πυραμίς ') is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilat ...
,
list of Cemeteries,
list of mausoleums,
list of Memorials,
list of pyramid mausoleums in North America.''
This is a list of
tomb
A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called ''immureme ...
s and
mausoleums that are either notable in themselves, or contain the remains of a notable person/people. Tombs are organized by the person buried in them, sorted according to origin of the person.
Major figures in African history
Egyptian figures
Songhai figures
Ugandan figures
Major figures in Asian history
Chinese figures
Indian figures
Japanese figures
Korean figures
Mongolian figures
Myanmar figures
Pakistani figures
Vietnamese figures
Other
Major figures in European history
Albanian figures
British figures
Bulgarian and Ancient Thracian figures
French figures
Italian figures
Russian figures
Major figures in Middle-Eastern history
Persian/Iranian figures
Turkish figures
Major figures in North American history
Mesoamerican figures
Figures from the United States of America
Major religious figures
Judeo-Christian figures
Baháʼí figures
Muslim figures
See also
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
A Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is a monument dedicated to the services of an unknown soldier and to the common memories of all soldiers killed in war. Such tombs can be found in many nations and are usually high-prof ...
– about the concept, lists specific tombs by country
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List of papal tombs
A pope is the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the Catholic Church. Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes, from Saint Peter to Saint John Paul II.
For the first few c ...
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