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The Tombs is a restaurant and bar located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was opened on July 23, 1962, [ 1 ] by restaurateur and Georgetown University graduate Richard McCooey as the below ground bar or rathskeller for his restaurant 1789. [ 2 ]
The Tombs' formal title was The New York Halls of Justice and House of Detention, as it housed the city's courts, police, and detention facilities. It was a notable example of Egyptian Revival architecture, although opinion varied greatly concerning its actual merit.
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The Theban Necropolis is located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, in Egypt.As well as the more famous royal tombs located in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, there are numerous other tombs, more commonly referred to as Tombs of the Nobles (Luxor), the burial places of some of the powerful courtiers and persons of the ancient city.
A tomb of 12 skeletons was discovered in the 2,000-year-old structure after a remote sensing scan prompted the crew to begin digging beneath the floor. The project had the permission of the ...
The tomb has an inscription about Wahtye: "Wahtye, Purified priest to the King, Overseer of the Divine Estate, overseer of the Sacred Boat, Revered with the great God, Wahtye". [4] When inspecting the structure of Wahtye's bones, the archeologists found that they were distended, indicating that Wahtye had a disease.
The Grottoes contain the tombs of 91 popes. Notably, Pope John Paul II was initially buried here in 2005 before his remains were moved to the Altar of St Sebastian. Additionally, it houses the graves of some royals, such as Queen Christina of Sweden and Queen Charlotte of Cyprus . [ 4 ]
As worded by Anna Witecka, "The tower-tomb of Atenatan is the earliest dated tomb in the Palmyrene necropolis. The date of the tower, established by an inscription, is 9 B.C. and the date of the fall of Palmyra in 273 A.D. must be accepted as the terminus ante quem. Built of irregular stones, the tower is quadrangular and narrows toward the top."