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Historically, as well as in many parts of the contemporary Chinese world, feng shui was used to choose the orientation of buildings, dwellings, and spiritually significant structures such as <anchor>tombs</anchor>. One scholar writes that in contemporary Western societies, however, "feng shui tends to be reduced to interior design for health and wealth. It has become increasingly visible through 'feng shui consultants' and corporate architects who charge large sums of money for their analysis, advice and design."[5]
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Repository for the remains of the dead

For other uses, see [Tomb (disambiguation)](/wiki/Tomb_(disambiguation) "Tomb (disambiguation)").

"Sepulchre" redirects here. For other uses, see [Sepulchre (disambiguation)](/wiki/Sepulchre_(disambiguation) "Sepulchre (disambiguation)").

![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png)

This article **[duplicates](/wiki/Wikipedia:CFORK "Wikipedia:CFORK") the scope of other articles**, specifically [Mausoleum](/wiki/Mausoleum "Mausoleum"). Please [discuss this issue](/wiki/Talk:Mausoleum#Scope_and_duplication_between_articles "Talk:Mausoleum") and help introduce a [summary style](/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style "Wikipedia:Summary style") to the article._(October 2023)_

[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Tomb_of_Itmaduddaulah.jpg/220px-Tomb_of_Itmaduddaulah.jpg)](/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Itmaduddaulah.jpg) [Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah](/wiki/Tomb_of_I%27tim%C4%81d-ud-Daulah "Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah") from [Agra](/wiki/Agra "Agra")

A **tomb** ( [Greek](/wiki/Greek_language "Greek language"): τύμβος _tumbos_[\[1\]](#cite_note-1)) or **sepulcher** ( [Latin](/wiki/Latin_language "Latin language"): _sepulcrum_) is a [repository](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/repository "wikt:repository") for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called _[immurement](/wiki/Immurement "Immurement")_, although this word mainly means entombing people alive, and is a method of [final disposition](/wiki/Disposal_of_human_corpses "Disposal of human corpses"), as an alternative to [cremation](/wiki/Cremation "Cremation") or [burial](/wiki/Burial "Burial").

## Overview

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[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Cheops_pyramid_01.jpg/220px-Cheops_pyramid_01.jpg)](/wiki/File:Cheops_pyramid_01.jpg) The [Pyramid tomb of Khufu](/wiki/Pyramid_of_Khufu "Pyramid of Khufu")[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/%D7%90%D7%94%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A9_%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D.JPG/220px-%D7%90%D7%94%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A9_%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D.JPG)](/wiki/File:%D7%90%D7%94%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A9_%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D.JPG) The [Ohel](/wiki/Ohel_(Chabad-Lubavitch) "Ohel (Chabad-Lubavitch)"), gravesite of the [Lubavitcher](/wiki/Chabad "Chabad") Rebbes [Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn](/wiki/Yosef_Yitzchak_Schneersohn "Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn") and [Menachem Mendel Schneerson](/wiki/Menachem_Mendel_Schneerson "Menachem Mendel Schneerson"), and a place of pilgrimage, prayer, and meditation[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Sarcophagi-and-thumbs.jpg/220px-Sarcophagi-and-thumbs.jpg)](/wiki/File:Sarcophagi-and-thumbs.jpg) Tombs and [sarcophagi](/wiki/Sarcophagi "Sarcophagi") at [Hierapolis](/wiki/Hierapolis "Hierapolis")[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Askainen_church_2016_21.jpg/220px-Askainen_church_2016_21.jpg)](/wiki/File:Askainen_church_2016_21.jpg) Tomb of the [Mannerheim Family](/wiki/Mannerheim_(family) "Mannerheim (family)") in [Askainen](/wiki/Askainen "Askainen"), [Masku](/wiki/Masku "Masku"), [Finland](/wiki/Finland "Finland")[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BiH%2C_Radimlja_necropolis_5.jpg/220px-BiH%2C_Radimlja_necropolis_5.jpg)](/wiki/File:BiH,_Radimlja_necropolis_5.jpg) Radimlja stećak necropolis[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Imam_Hossein_Holy_Shrine01.jpg/220px-Imam_Hossein_Holy_Shrine01.jpg)](/wiki/File:Imam_Hossein_Holy_Shrine01.jpg) [Hussain](/wiki/Imam_Hussain "Imam Hussain")'s tomb (shrine), in [Karbala](/wiki/Karbala "Karbala"), [Iraq](/wiki/Iraq "Iraq")[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Perelachaise-p1000391.jpg/220px-Perelachaise-p1000391.jpg)](/wiki/File:Perelachaise-p1000391.jpg) A type of tomb: a mausoleum in [Père Lachaise Cemetery](/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Lachaise_Cemetery "Père Lachaise Cemetery").

The word is used in a broad sense to encompass a number of such types of places of interment or, occasionally, [burial](/wiki/Grave_(burial) "Grave (burial)"), including:

- [Architectural shrines](/wiki/Shrine "Shrine") – in [Christianity](/wiki/Christianity "Christianity"), an architectural shrine above a [saint](/wiki/Saint "Saint")'s first [place of burial](/wiki/Grave_(burial) "Grave (burial)"), as opposed to a similar shrine on which stands a [reliquary](/wiki/Reliquary "Reliquary") or [feretory](/wiki/Feretory "Feretory") into which the saint's remains have been transferred
- [Burial vault](/wiki/Burial_vault_(tomb) "Burial vault (tomb)") – a stone or brick-lined underground space for multiple [burials](/wiki/Burial "Burial"), originally [vaulted](/wiki/Vault_(architecture) "Vault (architecture)"), often privately owned for specific family groups; usually beneath a religious building such as a
- [Church](/wiki/Church_architecture "Church architecture")
- [Cemetery](/wiki/Cemetery "Cemetery")
- [Churchyard](/wiki/Churchyard "Churchyard")
- [Catacombs](/wiki/Catacombs "Catacombs")
- [Chamber tomb](/wiki/Chamber_tomb "Chamber tomb")
- [Charnel house](/wiki/Charnel_house "Charnel house")
- [Church monument](/wiki/Church_monument "Church monument") – within a church (or a tomb-style chest in a churchyard) may be a place of interment, but this is unusual; it may more commonly stand over the [grave](/wiki/Grave_(burial) "Grave (burial)") or burial vault rather than containing the actual body and therefore is not a tomb.
- [Coemeterium](/wiki/Coemeterium "Coemeterium")
- [Crypts](/wiki/Crypt "Crypt") – often, though not always, for interment; similar to burial vaults but usually for more general public interment
- [Dolmen](/wiki/Dolmen "Dolmen")
- [Funeral home](/wiki/Funeral_home "Funeral home")
- [Hypogeum](/wiki/Hypogeum "Hypogeum") tomb – stone-built underground structure for interment, such as the [tombs of ancient Egypt](/wiki/Category:Tombs_of_ancient_Egypt "Category:Tombs of ancient Egypt")
- [Kokh (tomb)](/wiki/Kokh_(tomb) "Kokh (tomb)") – a rectangular rock-cut sloping space, running inward, like tunnels into rock, sufficiently high and wide to permit the admission of a corpse
- [Martyrium](/wiki/Martyrium_(architecture) "Martyrium (architecture)") – Mausoleum for the remains of martyrs, such as [San Pietro in Montorio](/wiki/San_Pietro_in_Montorio "San Pietro in Montorio")
- [Mausoleum](/wiki/Mausoleum "Mausoleum") (including [ancient pyramid](/wiki/Pyramid#Ancient_monuments "Pyramid") in some countries) – external free-standing structure, above ground, acting as both monument and place of interment, usually for individuals or a family group
- [Mazar](/wiki/Mazar_(mausoleum) "Mazar (mausoleum)"), Marqad or _[Maqbara](/wiki/Maqbara "Maqbara")_ (Islamic terminology for tombs of notable religious figures or saints, or [mausolea](/wiki/Mausoleum "Mausoleum")):

  - [Maqam](/wiki/Maqam_(shrine) "Maqam (shrine)") (or Mashhad)
  - [Dargah](/wiki/Dargah "Dargah")
  - [Türbe](/wiki/T%C3%BCrbe "Türbe")
  - [Zawiya](/wiki/Zawiya_(institution) "Zawiya (institution)") (or Darih)
  - [Rauza](/wiki/Rauza "Rauza")
  - [Qubba](/wiki/Qubba "Qubba")
  - [Gongbei](/wiki/Gongbei_(Islamic_architecture) "Gongbei (Islamic architecture)")
- [Megalithic tomb](/wiki/Megalithic_tomb "Megalithic tomb") (including [Chamber tomb](/wiki/Chamber_tomb "Chamber tomb")) – prehistoric place of interment, often for large communities, constructed of large stones and originally covered with an earthen mound
- [Necropolis](/wiki/Necropolis "Necropolis")
- [Ohel](/wiki/Ohel_(grave) "Ohel (grave)"), a structure built around the grave or graves of [Hasidic](/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism "Hasidic Judaism") [Rebbes](/wiki/Rebbe "Rebbe"), prominent rabbis, Jewish community leaders, and biblical figures in Israel and the diaspora
- [Pillar tomb](/wiki/Pillar_tomb "Pillar tomb") – a monumental grave. Its central feature is a single, prominent pillar or column, often made of stone.
- [Rock-cut tomb](/wiki/Rock-cut_tomb "Rock-cut tomb") – a form widespread in the ancient world, in which the tomb is not built but carved out of the rock and can be a free-standing building but is more commonly a cave, which may be extensive and may or may not have an elaborate facade.
- [Sarcophagus](/wiki/Sarcophagus "Sarcophagus") – a stone container for a body or [coffin](/wiki/Coffin "Coffin"), often decorated and perhaps part of a monument; it may stand within a religious building or greater tomb or mausoleum.
- Sepulchre – a cavernous [rock-cut space for interment](/wiki/Rock-cut_tombs_in_ancient_Israel "Rock-cut tombs in ancient Israel"), generally in the [Jewish](/wiki/Jew "Jew") or Christian faiths (cf. [Holy Sepulchre](/wiki/Holy_Sepulchre "Holy Sepulchre")).[\[2\]](#cite_note-morana-2)
- [Samadhi](/wiki/Samadhi_(shrine) "Samadhi (shrine)") – in India a tomb for a deceased saint that often has a larger building over it as a shrine
- [Stećak](/wiki/Ste%C4%87ak "Stećak") – in [medieval Bosnia](/wiki/Medieval_Bosnia "Medieval Bosnia") individual stećaks or grouped in stećak necropolises were a form of sepulchral burial culture between 12th and 16th century;
- Other forms of archaeological "tombs", such as [ship burials](/wiki/Ship_burial "Ship burial")
- [Tumulus](/wiki/Tumulus "Tumulus") – (plural: tumuli) A [mound](/wiki/Mound "Mound") of [earth](/wiki/Soil "Soil") and [stones](/wiki/Rock_(geology) "Rock (geology)") raised over a [grave](/wiki/Grave_(burial) "Grave (burial)") or graves. Tumuli are also known as _barrows_, _burial mounds_, _Hügelgräber_ or _[kurgans](/wiki/Kurgan "Kurgan")'_, and can be found throughout much of the [world](/wiki/World "World"). A [cairn](/wiki/Cairn "Cairn") (a mound of stones built for various purposes), might also be originally a tumulus. A [long barrow](/wiki/Long_barrow "Long barrow") is a long tumulus, usually for numbers of burials.

As indicated, tombs are generally located in or under religious buildings, such as churches, or in cemeteries or churchyards. However, they may also be found in [catacombs](/wiki/Catacombs "Catacombs"), on private land or, in the case of early or pre-historic tombs, in what is today open landscape.

The [Daisen Kofun](/wiki/Daisen_Kofun "Daisen Kofun"), the tomb of [Emperor Nintoku](/wiki/Emperor_Nintoku "Emperor Nintoku") (the 16th Emperor of Japan), is the largest in the world by area.[\[3\]](#cite_note-3) However, the [Pyramid of Khufu](/wiki/Pyramid_of_Khufu "Pyramid of Khufu") in [Egypt](/wiki/Egypt "Egypt") is the largest by volume.

## Composition

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Further information: [List of types of funerary monument](/wiki/List_of_types_of_funerary_monument "List of types of funerary monument")

- [Cadaver monument](/wiki/Cadaver_monument "Cadaver monument")
- [Coffin](/wiki/Coffin "Coffin")
- [Columbarium](/wiki/Columbarium "Columbarium")
- [Epitaph](/wiki/Epitaph "Epitaph")
- [Grave](/wiki/Grave "Grave")
  - [Mass grave](/wiki/Mass_grave "Mass grave")
  - [Potter's field](/wiki/Potter%27s_field "Potter's field")
- [Grave goods](/wiki/Grave_goods "Grave goods")
- [Headstone](/wiki/Headstone "Headstone")
- [Lychgate](/wiki/Lychgate "Lychgate")
- [Morgue](/wiki/Morgue "Morgue")
- [Ossuary](/wiki/Ossuary "Ossuary")
- [Reliquary](/wiki/Reliquary "Reliquary")

## Styles

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- [Beehive tomb](/wiki/Beehive_tomb "Beehive tomb")
- [English church monuments](/wiki/English_church_monuments "English church monuments")

## Notable examples

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- [Dartmoor kistvaens](/wiki/Dartmoor_kistvaens "Dartmoor kistvaens")
- [Mausoleum at Halicarnassus](/wiki/Mausoleum_at_Halicarnassus "Mausoleum at Halicarnassus")
- [Great Pyramids](/wiki/Great_Pyramids "Great Pyramids")
- [Taj Mahal](/wiki/Taj_Mahal "Taj Mahal")
- [Tomb of Alexander the Great](/wiki/Tomb_of_Alexander_the_Great "Tomb of Alexander the Great")
- [Tomb of Genghis Khan](/wiki/Tomb_of_Genghis_Khan "Tomb of Genghis Khan")
- [Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor](/wiki/Mausoleum_of_the_First_Qin_Emperor "Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor")
- [Green Dome](/wiki/Green_Dome "Green Dome"), which contains the tombs of [Muhammad](/wiki/Muhammad "Muhammad") and two of his elite [companions](/wiki/Sahaba "Sahaba"), housed within the [Prophet's Mosque](/wiki/Al-Masjid_al-Nabawi "Al-Masjid al-Nabawi") in [Medina](/wiki/Medina "Medina")
- [Catacombs of Paris](/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris "Catacombs of Paris")
- [Catacombs of Rome](/wiki/Catacombs_of_Rome "Catacombs of Rome")
- [The Panthéon](/wiki/Panth%C3%A9on "Panthéon")
- [Church of the Holy Sepulchre](/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre "Church of the Holy Sepulchre"), which contains the empty tomb of [Jesus](/wiki/Jesus "Jesus"), where according to early Christian tradition he was buried and [resurrected](/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus "Resurrection of Jesus").
- [Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak](/wiki/Thracian_Tomb_of_Kazanlak "Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak"), [Bulgaria](/wiki/Bulgaria "Bulgaria")
- [Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari](/wiki/Thracian_Tomb_of_Sveshtari "Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari"), Bulgaria
- [Tomb of Seuthes III](/wiki/Tomb_of_Seuthes_III "Tomb of Seuthes III"), Bulgaria
- [Tomb of the Unknown Soldier](/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier")
  - [United Kingdom](/wiki/United_Kingdom "United Kingdom"): [The Unknown Warrior](/wiki/The_Unknown_Warrior "The Unknown Warrior")
  - [France](/wiki/France "France"): [Tomb of the Unknown Soldier](/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe#Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier "Arc de Triomphe") beneath the [Arc de Triomphe](/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe "Arc de Triomphe") de l'Étoile
  - [United States](/wiki/United_States "United States"): [Tomb of the Unknown Soldier](/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Arlington) "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)") in [Arlington National Cemetery](/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery "Arlington National Cemetery")
  - [Iraq](/wiki/Iraq "Iraq"): [Monument to the Unknown Soldier](/wiki/The_Monument_to_the_Unknown_Soldier "The Monument to the Unknown Soldier")
  - [Russia](/wiki/Russia "Russia"): [Tomb of the Unknown Soldier](/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Moscow) "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Moscow)") in [Alexander Garden](/wiki/Alexander_Garden "Alexander Garden"), [Moscow](/wiki/Moscow "Moscow")

## See also

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- [Death in Norse paganism](/wiki/Death_in_Norse_paganism "Death in Norse paganism")
- [List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States](/wiki/List_of_burial_places_of_presidents_and_vice_presidents_of_the_United_States "List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States")
- [List of extant papal tombs](/wiki/List_of_extant_papal_tombs "List of extant papal tombs")
- [List of mausolea](/wiki/List_of_mausolea "List of mausolea")
- [List of necropoleis](/wiki/List_of_necropoleis "List of necropoleis")
- [List of non-extant papal tombs](/wiki/List_of_non-extant_papal_tombs "List of non-extant papal tombs")
- [List of tombs and mausoleums](/wiki/List_of_tombs_and_mausoleums "List of tombs and mausoleums")

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)**[τύμβος](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dtu%2Fmbos),
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, _A Greek-English Lexicon_, on Perseus Digital Library
2. **[^](#cite_ref-morana_2-0)**Morana, Martin (2011). [_Bejn Kliem u Storja_](https://web.archive.org/web/20161020070442/http://www.bdlbooks.com/history/3677-bejn-kliem-u-storja.html) (in Maltese). [Malta](/wiki/Malta "Malta"): Books Distributors Limited. p. 211. [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [978-99957-0137-6](/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-99957-0137-6 "Special:BookSources/978-99957-0137-6"). Archived from [the original](http://www.bdlbooks.com/history/3677-bejn-kliem-u-storja.html) on 20 October 2016.
3. **[^](#cite_ref-3)**Merueñas, Mark (4 November 2012). ["Where emperors sleep: Japan's keyhole-shaped burial mounds"](http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/280862/lifestyle/travel/where-emperors-sleep-japan-s-keyhole-shaped-burial-mounds). _GMA News Online_. Retrieved 11 January 2017. The Nintoku-ryo tumulus is one of almost 50 tumuli collectively known as "Mozu Kofungun" clustered around the city, and covers the largest area of any tomb in the world.

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Themes

- [All flesh is grass](/wiki/All_flesh_is_grass "All flesh is grass")
- _[Carpe diem](/wiki/Carpe_diem "Carpe diem")_
- _[Consolatio](/wiki/Consolatio "Consolatio")_
- _[Danse Macabre](/wiki/Danse_Macabre "Danse Macabre")_
- _[Death and the Maiden](/wiki/Death_and_the_Maiden_(motif) "Death and the Maiden (motif)")_
- [Lamentation of Christ](/wiki/Lamentation_of_Christ "Lamentation of Christ")
- [Macabre](/wiki/Macabre "Macabre")
- _[Memento mori](/wiki/Memento_mori "Memento mori")_
- _[Mono no aware](/wiki/Mono_no_aware "Mono no aware")_
- _[Sic transit gloria mundi](/wiki/Sic_transit_gloria_mundi "Sic transit gloria mundi")_
- _[Ubi sunt](/wiki/Ubi_sunt "Ubi sunt")_
- [Personifications of death](/wiki/Death_(personification) "Death (personification)")
- [Vanitas](/wiki/Vanitas "Vanitas")

Forms

- [Death mask](/wiki/Death_mask "Death mask")
- [Elegy](/wiki/Elegy "Elegy")
- [Funerary art](/wiki/Funerary_art "Funerary art")
- [Funerary text](/wiki/Funerary_text "Funerary text")
- [Lament](/wiki/Lament "Lament")
- [Memorial](/wiki/Memorial "Memorial")
- [Mummy](/wiki/Mummy "Mummy")
- [Post-mortem photography](/wiki/Post-mortem_photography "Post-mortem photography")
- [Requiem](/wiki/Requiem "Requiem")
- Tomb
- [Tragedy](/wiki/Tragedy "Tragedy")
- [Wreath](/wiki/Wreath#Funeral_and_memorial_wreaths "Wreath")

Artwork

Architecture

- [Capuchin Crypt](/wiki/Capuchin_Crypt "Capuchin Crypt")
- [Catacombs of Paris](/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris "Catacombs of Paris")
- [Sedlec Ossuary](/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary "Sedlec Ossuary")
- [Capuchin catacombs of palermo](/wiki/Capuchin_catacombs_of_palermo "Capuchin catacombs of palermo")

[Film](/wiki/Category:Films_about_death "Category:Films about death")

- _[The Seventh Seal](/wiki/The_Seventh_Seal "The Seventh Seal")_

Literature

- _[Ars moriendi](/wiki/Ars_moriendi "Ars moriendi")_
- _[Bardo Thodol](/wiki/Bardo_Thodol "Bardo Thodol")_
- [Book of Job](/wiki/Book_of_Job "Book of Job")
- _[Book of the Dead](/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead "Book of the Dead")_
- [Left Ginza](/wiki/Left_Ginza "Left Ginza")
- [Hamlet's soliloquy](/wiki/To_be,_or_not_to_be "To be, or not to be")
- [The Masque of the Red Death](/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death "The Masque of the Red Death")

[Music](/wiki/Category:Death_in_music "Category:Death in music")

- _[Danse macabre](/wiki/Danse_macabre_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns) "Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns)")_
- _[Death and Transfiguration](/wiki/Death_and_Transfiguration "Death and Transfiguration")_
- _[Der Tod und das Mädchen](/wiki/Der_Tod_und_das_M%C3%A4dchen "Der Tod und das Mädchen")_
- _[Erlkönig](/wiki/Erlk%C3%B6nig_(Schubert) "Erlkönig (Schubert)")_
- _[Totentanz](/wiki/Totentanz_(Liszt) "Totentanz (Liszt)")_

[Painting](/wiki/Category:Paintings_about_death "Category:Paintings about death")

- _Et in Arcadia ego_
  - [Guercino](/wiki/Et_in_Arcadia_ego_(Guercino) "Et in Arcadia ego (Guercino)")
  - [Poussin](/wiki/Et_in_Arcadia_ego_(Poussin) "Et in Arcadia ego (Poussin)")
- _[Death and Fire](/wiki/Death_and_Fire "Death and Fire")_
- _[Death and Life](/wiki/Death_and_Life "Death and Life")_
- _[Death and the Maiden](/wiki/Death_and_the_Maiden_(Baldung) "Death and the Maiden (Baldung)")_
- _[Death and the Miser](/wiki/Death_and_the_Miser "Death and the Miser")_
- _[Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May](/wiki/Gather_Ye_Rosebuds_While_Ye_May_(Waterhouse_painting_1909) "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (Waterhouse painting 1909)")_
- _[La Calavera Catrina](/wiki/La_Calavera_Catrina "La Calavera Catrina")_
- _[Plague](/wiki/Plague_(painting) "Plague (painting)")_
- _[Pyramid of Skulls](/wiki/Pyramid_of_Skulls "Pyramid of Skulls")_
- _[Roman Widow](/wiki/Roman_Widow_(Rossetti) "Roman Widow (Rossetti)")_
- _[Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle](/wiki/Self-Portrait_with_Death_Playing_the_Fiddle "Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle")_
- _[Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette](/wiki/Skull_of_a_Skeleton_with_Burning_Cigarette "Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette")_
- _[Sleep and His Half-Brother Death](/wiki/Sleep_and_His_Half-Brother_Death "Sleep and His Half-Brother Death")_
- _[The Ambassadors](/wiki/The_Ambassadors_(Holbein) "The Ambassadors (Holbein)")_
- _[The Garden of Death](/wiki/The_Garden_of_Death "The Garden of Death")_
- _[The Shadow of Death](/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Death "The Shadow of Death")_
- _[The Three Ages of Man and Death](/wiki/The_Three_Ages_of_Man_and_Death "The Three Ages of Man and Death")_
- _[The Triumph of Death](/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Death "The Triumph of Death")_

[Poetry](/wiki/Category:Poems_about_death "Category:Poems about death")

- " [And death shall have no dominion](/wiki/And_death_shall_have_no_dominion "And death shall have no dominion")"
- " [Because I could not stop for Death](/wiki/Because_I_could_not_stop_for_Death "Because I could not stop for Death")"
- " [Erlkönig](/wiki/Erlk%C3%B6nig "Erlkönig")"
- " [Do not go gentle into that good night](/wiki/Do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night "Do not go gentle into that good night")"

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