burial-chamber

No burial-chamber was it, but merely a lava tube such as occurs on all the islands.

SHIN-BONES 2010

Here they laid down the holy body, and then four of them carried it into the burial-chamber in the rock and laid it in the place hollowed out for it.

The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954

In Thebes many of the natives live inside the tombs of the ancient nobles, these generally consisting of two or three rock-hewn halls from which a tunnel leads down to the burial-chamber.

The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Arthur E. P. B. Weigall

It was, however, not put together: three sides of it were leaning against the walls of the burial-chamber, and the fourth was here in the passage.

The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Arthur E. P. B. Weigall

It served as a pall to cover the royal lady upon her last terrestrial journey, when she crossed the Nile in the funeral boat from her palace in Karnak (?) to her burial-chamber in Deir el-Bahari.

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

In the case of the first of these several fine passages of good masonry were cleared, and at last the burial-chamber was reached.

The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Arthur E. P. B. Weigall

Meanwhile we turned our attention to the objects which stood in the passage, having been placed there at the time of the funeral, owing to the lack of room in the burial-chamber.

The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Arthur E. P. B. Weigall

These are in the form of cylindrical shafts with a doorway at the bottom leading sideways into the burial-chamber.

How to Observe in Archaeology Various

No burial-chamber was it, but merely a lava tube such as occurs on all the islands.

Shin-Bones 1919

Then comes the opening into the burial-chamber, surmounted by a diminutive cow suckling her calf.

A History of Greek Art Frank Bigelow Tarbell 1886