burial chamber

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Last summer, archaeologists from Gothenburg University and Kiel University excavated a dolmen, a stone burial chamber, in Tiarp near Falköping in Sweden.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

Menkaure’s chambers include niche decorations unique to Giza and a vaulted ceiling in his burial chamber itself.

From National Geographic • Dec. 20, 2023

It has captivated visitors since it was built as a royal burial chamber some 4,500 years ago.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

A burial shaft descends to a burial chamber with a sarcophagus.

From Reuters • Feb. 9, 2023

The judge’s was the one with the narrowest entrance passage and only two rooms beside the burial chamber.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw