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A kurgan burial site at Łubna-Jakusy and a kurgan cremation near Guciów are examples of Trzciniec culture of c. 1500 BC. The Krakus Mound is located in Kraków. Legend says it is the burial place of Krakus, founder of the city. Wanda Mound, the burial place of the daughter of Krakus, is located in Kraków.
A discovery of artifacts, recovered from a 2,000-year-old burial mound, shows off a little-known society’s sophistication and deep connections to the Silk Road.
The Futazuka Kofun is located at an elevation of about 200 meters at the foot of Mount Katsuragi, with a panoramic view of the Yamato Basin to the east. The tumulus is a north-facing zenpō-kōen-fun (前方後円墳), which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above; however, it was built in a unique way, with the sides of the tumulus ...
Archaeologists discovered a wooden Celtic burial chamber inside a southern Germany burial mound. Dated to between 620 and 450 B.C., these mounds were reserved for high-ranking individuals.
Muro Miyayama Kofun Kofun (室宮山古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Muro neighborhood of the town of Gose, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan.The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1921, with the area under protection expanded in 2022 and again in 2024. [1]
An example of a conical mound is the Miamisburg Mound in central Ohio, which has been estimated to have been built by people of the Adena culture in the time range of 800 BC to 100 AD. [22] The American Plains also hold temple mounds, or platform mounds , which are giant pyramid-shaped mounds with flat tops that once held temples made of wood.
Kusabaka Kofun (艸墓古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Tani neighborhood of the city of Sakurai, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1974. [1] It is also called the "Kusahaka Kofun".
The site, known as the Tomio Maruyama burial mound, is the largest circular burial mound, measuring almost 360 feet across. The structure is asymmetrical, partially collapsed on one side, and ...