#cementeries

The romantic cemeteries of Caspar David Friedrich:  The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809-1810);  Monastery ruins in the snow (1819);  The Cemetery Entrance (1825);  Graveyard under Snow (1826).

Various versions of the Chase Vault story have been told throughout the years and details have become murky. It is hard to tell where the truth ends and lore takes over. But there was undoubtedly something unexplainable going on.

Various versions of the Chase Vault story have been told throughout the years and details have become murky. It is hard to tell where the truth ends and lore takes over. But there was undoubtedly something unexplainable going on.

There is a curious individual buried in West Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont, who is literally out of place. Supposedly an Egyptian prince is both one of the youngest and definitely the oldest person in the cemetery. Although the true identity of this individual is unconfirmed, his travels through time and space make for a fascinating story. His name was Amum Her Khepesh Ef, and he was born a prince around 1881 BCE during the time of Egypt’s Middle Kingdom.

Various versions of the Chase Vault story have been told throughout the years and details have become murky. It is hard to tell where the truth ends and lore takes over. But there was undoubtedly something unexplainable going on.

The Plain of Jars is a region of Northern Laos that contains clusters of open-air mortuary vessels of different shapes and sizes. There are more than 2,000 Iron Age jars measuring up to ten feet tall and weighing up to thirty tons. In the cemetery grounds around the jars, experts found burials pits and terracotta urns with human remains and stone discs. Although experts know the area was an ancient mortuary, the specifics about the funerary rituals and what group of people made the burial complex are some of the greatest mysteries in Asia.

The Plain of Jars is a region of Northern Laos that contains clusters of open-air mortuary vessels of different shapes and sizes. There are more than 2,000 Iron Age jars measuring up to ten feet tall and weighing up to thirty tons. In the cemetery grounds around the jars, experts found burials pits and terracotta urns with human remains and stone discs. Although experts know the area was an ancient mortuary, the specifics about the funerary rituals and what group of people made the burial complex are some of the greatest mysteries in Asia.