mausoleum

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Knight also entered a mausoleum behind the altar and opened up a box containing ashes, Fraser said.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

The two men -- dubbed "eternal leaders" in state propaganda -- are housed in the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, a vast mausoleum in downtown Pyongyang.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

The North Korean leader's daughter Kim Ju Ae has made her first visit to a mausoleum housing her grandfather and great-grandfather, state media images showed Friday, further solidifying her place as her father's successor.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

Video circulating online showed the facade of the mausoleum in Eldorado reduced to rubble and the structure severely damaged.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

For two days they wander around the marble mausoleum that glows gray and yellow and pink and orange depending on the light.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri