10 Most Fascinating Tombs in the World

clipped from www.neatorama.com Newgrange the world’s oldest surviving building Tana Toraja the bones are offered cigarettes or various offerings Westminster Abbey Newton’s grave Giza Necropolis Valley of the Kings Catacombs of Paris Terracota Army the burial ground of Qin Shi Huangdi Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo Sedlec Ossuary Taj Mahal the most beautiful mausoleum Bonus: Here is another one that didn’t quite make the list: City of the Dead in Northern Ossetia, Russia Local legends have it that in the 18th century, a plague swept through Ossetia. The clans built quarantine houses for sick family members, who were provided with food, but not freedom to move about, until death claimed their lives. A slow and painful way to go, indeed.