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

One Siberian mummy, the 2,500 year-old Ice Maiden, was quite literally frozen in a block of ice after her burial chamber flooded and the water quickly froze.

From National Geographic • Aug. 7, 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