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Tombeaux antiques
![mausolée d'Auguste, Rome](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_c4de5fe13b5d4707a3e5c1ecb2895e84.jpg/v1/fill/w_108,h_77,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_c4de5fe13b5d4707a3e5c1ecb2895e84.jpg)
mausolée d'Auguste, Rome
![Mausolée d'Hadrien, Rome](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_f794b518655d41d48650c5d990b6a08f.jpg/v1/fill/w_100,h_80,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_f794b518655d41d48650c5d990b6a08f.jpg)
Mausolée d'Hadrien, Rome
![Circular tomb Hierapolis, Turkey](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_c7d565f8b21a4f55af3981db0643196b.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_c7d565f8b21a4f55af3981db0643196b.jpg)
Circular tomb Hierapolis, Turkey
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_e2f5a6207304409190ef4a0b9441f756.jpg/v1/fill/w_480,h_293,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/775ad2_e2f5a6207304409190ef4a0b9441f756.jpg)
Rujm el-Hihriread, Golan
5.000 av. J.-C. ?
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_f7d43750762d4c64876365ac929eb93b.jpg/v1/fill/w_484,h_291,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/775ad2_f7d43750762d4c64876365ac929eb93b.jpg)
Etruscan tumulus at Livorno, Tuscany in Italy.
![mausolée royal de Maurétanie Algérie](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_e754cee716ae4cceba15c3f01e510ccd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_115,h_77,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_e754cee716ae4cceba15c3f01e510ccd~mv2.jpg)
mausolée royal de Maurétanie Algérie
![Pedasa gebekilise-2010-82](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_5b8acb25700147c0b1f34b85e2d300b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_5b8acb25700147c0b1f34b85e2d300b5~mv2.jpg)
Pedasa gebekilise-2010-82
![Pedasa](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_36692e93dce44adca250d54a5697acf9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_141,h_54,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_36692e93dce44adca250d54a5697acf9~mv2.jpg)
Pedasa
![Panorama_du_Medracen](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_9e0d1b2aef2944a4a1b643be5110fe46~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_40,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_9e0d1b2aef2944a4a1b643be5110fe46~mv2.jpg)
Panorama_du_Medracen
![1024px-medracen-en-2010_2601138](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_aabefe636142483584debf4ec6af49a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_aabefe636142483584debf4ec6af49a4~mv2.jpg)
1024px-medracen-en-2010_2601138
![6065576439_8d46014f80_b](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_f276f95e87fe497cb863c106e3bf029e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_58,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_f276f95e87fe497cb863c106e3bf029e~mv2.jpg)
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Medracen, Golan, commune de Boumia, wylaya de Batna (Algérie)
Fin IIIe siècle av. J.-C. ?
Le Medracen (tombeau Imedghassen) est un mausolée numide datant du IIIe siècle av. J.-C. situé sur le territoire de la commune de Boumia, dans la wilaya de Batna en Algérie. C'est un gigantesque dôme cerclé de colonnes surmontées de chapiteaux de style dorique.
C'est le plus ancien mausolée royal antique conservé d'Afrique du Nord. D'après des historiens médiévaux, il tirerait son nom d'un roi de Numidie
Tombeaux musulmans
![round-tomb-for-daz, Iran](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_62d6d8fd06c94d749342b3f0041637bc.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_163,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_62d6d8fd06c94d749342b3f0041637bc.jpg)
round-tomb-for-daz, Iran
![tombeau Azerbaïdjan](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_8f991328d77a40669fed3b89b5582648.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_106,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_8f991328d77a40669fed3b89b5582648.jpg)
tombeau Azerbaïdjan
![Döner Kümbet, Kayseri (Turkey) 1276](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_ad6b9fbdbe064f82a754396fc0a52e77.jpg/v1/fill/w_113,h_160,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_ad6b9fbdbe064f82a754396fc0a52e77.jpg)
Döner Kümbet, Kayseri (Turkey) 1276
![Tour des morts (1789)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_8a152a24e27342adb14b241c74972bc8.jpg/v1/fill/w_119,h_140,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_8a152a24e27342adb14b241c74972bc8.jpg)
Tour des morts (1789)
![tower of silence, India](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_95decc4ddcf14179834381435ed8e510.jpg/v1/fill/w_126,h_84,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_95decc4ddcf14179834381435ed8e510.jpg)
tower of silence, India
![Guebers of India Worshipping the Setting Sun](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775ad2_37c652f4221a44bbbb4a0c9232454b2f.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_107,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/775ad2_37c652f4221a44bbbb4a0c9232454b2f.jpg)
Guebers of India Worshipping the Setting Sun
Tours des Morts, Perse (Iran)
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