10MostFascinatingTombsintheWorldThereisperhapsnothingelsesodistinctiveoftheconditionandcharacterofapeopleasthemethodinwhichtheytreattheirdead. -WilliamTegg,1876Throughoutthehistoryofhumancivilization,,likeTibetanBuddhists,,however,showtheirrespectbyburyingthedead,plexandornatetombs,crypts,,fromthelargestprehistoricburialmoundinEuropetothethetombsofpharaohstothemostbeautifulmausoleumintheworld:NewgrangeTheburialmoundofNewgrangeinCountyMeath,-2900BC,itisthealsotheworld’soldestsurvivingbuilding(it’solderthanStonehengeandtheGreatPyramidofGizainEgypt).Newgrangeisimpressive:thecircularmoundis250feet(76m)acrossand40feet(12m)(4046m²).Alongtunnelunderthemoundleadstoahigh-domedburialchamber,acorbelledvaultwithceilingsmadeofhuge,"megalithicart,":mikenl[Flickr]:BarbarayEugenio[Flickr]TheengravedslabinfrontofNewgrange’:mikenl[Flickr]TanaTorajaTheTorajapeopleinSulawesi,Indonesia,,thefuneralisattendedbyalotofpeopleandcanlastfordays!Butthat’snotthestrangepart-thisis:thefuneralceremonyisoftenheldweeks,months,orevenyearsafterthedeath(togivethefamilyofthedeceasedtimetoraiseenoughmoneyforexpenses).Torajanscanwaitthatlongbecausetheybelievethatdeathisnotasuddeneventbutinsteadagradualprocesstowardstheafterlife(ifyou’rewonderingaboutthesmell-thedeadbodyisembalmedwithinthefirstfewdaysofdeath,thenstoredinasecretplaceuntilthefuneralceremony).Aftermuchpartying(includingtheslaughterofoneorseveralwaterbuffaloes
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