Kofun Tombs: Keyhole-shaped Mounds

In Japan, there are very special types of tombs that adorn the landscape between Osaka and Nara, both for their authenticity and their antiquity, and that makes them unique in the world. These are the Kofun tombs shaped like a keyhole and whose name refers to the period of their creation.

Daisenryo Kofun, 2.8 km in circumference and the largest kofun in Japan, is thought to be the Tomb of Emperor Nintoku

Tomb of Napoleon

The Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte is located under the gilded dome of the Cathedral of St. Louis of the House of Invalids Paris. As you know, Napoleon died on the island of St. Helena on May 5, 1821. In 1840, King Louis-Philippe obtained British permission to return the ashes of the exile to France.

Tomb of Napoleon

Manila North Cemetery

The Chinese cemetery in Manila, Philippines, is called "Little Beverley Hills," with the connotation of grandeur, luxury, and wealth. There are villas build as two to three stories with full amenities, and there are even plots of land in the cemetery.

The Sunken Cemetery of Camiguin Island, Philippines

Camiguin is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about 10 km off the northern coast of the island of Mindanao. Camiguin Island is of volcanic origin, consisting of 4 young volcanoes containing layers of lava and dust located above the structure of the old volcano. In particular, two volcanoes Vulcan and Hibok - Hibok, are still active and had the last eruption in 1953.

Arlington National Cemetery | Washington, United States

Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington County, Virginia, directly across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial, in a Washington, United States, Military cemetery beneath whose 624 acres have been laid casualties, and deceased veterans of the nation's conflicts beginning with the American Civil War, as well as re-interred dead from earlier wars. Old Cemetery, Originally buried here real Hero's, Soldiers who died during the Civil War of 1861-1865. It is noteworthy that the land was confiscated by General Robert E. L., who commanded the Confederate Army during the conflict between North and Southern. They started to bury unidentified soldiers and poor relatives who could not afford another burial palace.

Arlington National Cemetery Washington United States