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Tumuli In Sweden
A tumulus (: tumuli) is a mound of Soil, earth and Rock (geology), stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, mounds, howes, or in Siberia and Central Asia as ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones built for various purposes, may also originally have been a tumulus. Tumuli are often categorised according to their external apparent shape. In this respect, a long barrow is a long tumulus, usually constructed on top of several burials, such as passage graves. A round barrow is a round tumulus, also commonly constructed on top of burials. The internal structure and architecture of both long and round barrows have a broad range; the categorization only refers to the external apparent shape. The method of may involve a dolmen, a cist, a mortuary enclosure, a mortuary house, or a chamber tomb. Examples of barrows include Duggleby Howe and Maeshowe. Etymology The word ''tumulus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bin Tepe, Large Tumulus
BIN or Bin may refer to: Abbreviations * State Intelligence Agency (Indonesia), Badan Intelijen Negara, Indonesia's state intelligence agency * Bank Identification Number * Belgian Institute for Normalization * Believe in Nothing * Black Information Network, a radio network * British India (FIFA country code: BIN), the portions of present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Myanmar that were under British colonial rule * Business identification number Physical containers * Waste container * Recycling bin * Bulk box, a pallet-size box used for storage and shipping of bulk quantities * Coal bin People * Bin Uehara, a Japanese singer *, Japanese footballer and manager * Bianca Bin, a Brazilian actress * BIN (Band), Japanese musical group * Paulo Bin (born 1941), Brazilian footballer Places * Bin (city), a settlement in Xia- and Shang-dynasty China * Bin, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Bin County, Shaanxi in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China * Bin County, Heilongjiang in Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
