What is Mausoleum?
[[File:Van Ness-Parsons pyramid Green-Wood Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Mausoleum in Brooklyn of a man who loved [[Ancient Egypt]]]] [[File:Paramore_Mausoleum.JPG|right|thumb|A typical mausoleum]] A '''mausoleum''' is a [[building]] used to store the remains of people who have died. Instead of being buried in [[soil]], like in a [[cemetery]], they are placed in chambers behind walls, or in a vault under the floor. The word came from the name of an ancient king. == Lenin's Mausoleum == Soviet leader Lenin is a mausoleum. In 1953, [[Joseph Stalin]] was buried next to him but his body was removed during [[destalinization]]. == Examples == * [[Sun Yat-sen's Tomb]] in [[Nanjing]], [[China]] * The [[Taj Mahal]] * The [[pyramids|Great Pyramids]] * [[Grant's Tomb]] {{commons}} {{stub}} [[Category:Burial monuments and structures]]