Rozabal Shrine: The Tomb of Jesus
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2023
In the Khanyar area of Kashmir, India, in downtown Srinagar, there is an old shrine—a modest stone building with a traditional Kashmiri mult...
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Tomb of Eve, Jeddah
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2022
Did you know that Eve, that same Biblical Eve whom God supposedly created out of Adam’s rib, remains buried in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia? Some ...
Gol Gumbaz: The Taj Mahal of South India
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 8, 2022
In the city of Bijapur, in the south Indian state of Karnataka, stands one of the grandest royal tombs to be ever constructed in India. Aptl...
The Tomb of Bibi Jawindi
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2022
The ancient city of Uch, founded by Alexander the Great, in Pakistan's Punjab province, is home to several funerary monuments and shrine...
Tomb of Cyrus: The World’s Oldest Earthquake Resistant Structure
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 13, 2019
Natural calamites like floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes have always been considered “acts of god”, yet for centuries our ancestors have r...
The Lost Tomb of Genghis Khan
Kaushik Patowary
May 7, 2019
The death of Genghis Khan is shrouded in secrecy. The Great Khan died in the summer of 1227, during a campaign against the Tanguts, along t...
The Red Taj Mahal: John Hessing’s Tomb
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 22, 2019
The Roman Catholic Cemetery in Nehru Nagar, Agra, harks back to a time when the many princely states that eventually united to become India ...
The Tomb That Inspired Britain's Iconic Telephone Box
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2019
The United Kingdom Post Office introduced the first public telephone kiosk, designated K1, in 1921. These were constructed out of pre-cast c...
The Ruins of Western Xia’s Imperial Tombs
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 6, 2018
About 30 kilometers to the west of the modern city of Yinchuan, lies the enormous burial complex of the Western Xia dynasty. Spread over 40 ...
The Chullpas of Sillustani
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2015
Sillustani is located 34 km northwest of the city of Puno, on the shore of beautiful Umayo Lagoon, in Peru. It is one of the many sites in t...
The Pyramid Tomb of Nicholas Cage
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2015
Last time I checked, Nicholas Cage was not dead. Neither he was a Pharaoh. Yet, he has his own pyramid tomb in the thickly populated St. Lou...
Herodium: The Palace and Tomb of King Herod
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 10, 2014
Located 12 km south of Jerusalem, in the Judean desert, Herodium looks like an extinct volcano, but it really is a fort built by King Herod ...
Bibi Ka Maqbara: The Other Taj Mahal
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2014
Do you know that India has not one but two Taj Mahals? Indeed, there is a monument identical to the Taj that stands in Aurangabad in Maharas...
The Sarcophagi of Karajia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2014
About 60 km northeast of the city of Chachapoyas, in Luya Province, in Peru, lies the archaeological site of Karajia, where the funeral tomb...
The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2014
The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania is a tomb located on the road between the cities of Cherchell and Algiers, in Algeria. It is the final res...
The Kasubi Tombs of Uganda
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2014
The burial tombs of the Buganda Kings on Kasubi hill, in Kampala district, in Uganda, are a major spiritual center for the Baganda people wh...
Oscar Wilde's Lipstick-Covered Tomb in Paris
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2014
The memorial of the famous 19th century Irish writer and poet, Oscar Wilde, lies in a cemetery in Paris. Chiseled out of a 20-tonne block of...
