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  2. Württemberg Mausoleum - Wikipedia

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    The Mausoleum is lit by a glass skylight at the top of the dome. [11] This design was a compromise made between a more modest structure and a larger version with a colonnade. [ 8 ] This is also the case for the crypt, which Salucci had intended to be decorated with reliefs. [ 13 ]

  3. Mausoleum - Wikipedia

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    A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.

  4. Grave robbery - Wikipedia

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    In the mid and late 19th century in North America, more and more families began to buy mausoleums. The belief was that it would be easier for a Resurrectionist or grave robber to dig up a grave rather than to topple down iron or steel doors guarding the mausoleum. A flaw in the design of the mausoleum was the stained glass or other windows within.

  5. Tomb of the Julii - Wikipedia

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    The popularly named "Tomb of the Julii" (Mausoleum "M") survives in the Vatican Necropolis beneath St. Peter's Basilica.The serendipitous discovery near the crypt has a vaulted ceiling bearing a mosaic depicting a solar deity with an aureole riding in his chariot, [1] within a framing of rinceaux of vine leaves.

  6. Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra - Wikipedia

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    The tomb of Antony and Cleopatra is the undiscovered burial crypt of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII from 30 BC assumed to be located in Alexandria, Egypt. According to historians Suetonius and Plutarch, the Roman leader Octavian permitted their burial together after he had defeated them. Their surviving children were taken to Rome, to be raised ...

  7. How you can spend eternity buried near Marilyn Monroe and ...

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    The open crypt space that will be up for auction is one row above and four spaces to the left of Monroe’s, according to Julien’s. It’s not the first time a crypt near the movie star’s has ...

  8. Capuchin Crypt - Wikipedia

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    Capuchin Crypt in Rome, Italy Capuchin Crypt. The Capuchin Crypt is a small space comprising several tiny chapels located beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini on the Via Veneto near Piazza Barberini in Rome, Italy. It contains the skeletal remains of 3,700 bodies believed to be Capuchin friars buried by their order. [1]

  9. Thieves target a century-old crypt in Colorado, pry open ...

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    The perpetrators entered the cemetery under the cover of darkness and forced entry into a single crypt in a Colorado cemetery, authorities said. Thieves target a century-old crypt in Colorado, pry ...