10 Most Fascinating Tombs in the World (w/ photos)

clipped from www.neatorama.com Newgrange The burial mound of Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland it is the also the world’s oldest surviving building (it’s older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt) Tana Toraja Sulawesi, Indonesia the strange part the funeral ceremony is often held weeks, months, or even years after the death Westminster Abbey London, United Kingdom Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, and Alfred Tennyson Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Ernest Rutherford were all interred there Giza Necropolis Egypt the base sides have a mean margin of error of only 2 1/3 inch (58 mm)! Valley of the Kings a burial ground of ancient Egyptian pharaohs Catacombs of Paris a network of underground tunnels and rooms that used to be Roman-era limestone quarries Terracota Army Xi’an, China the burial ground of Qin Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor and the unifier of China Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo Palermo, Italy Sedlec Ossuary Sedlec, Czech Republic Taj Mahal Agra, India October 1st, 2007