Funerary monuments - TRAVELLERS' VIEWS - Places – Monuments – People Southeastern Europe – Eastern Mediterranean – Greece – Asia Minor

Phoenician funerary monuments in the necropolis of Amrit, south of Tartus, Syria.

A sarcophagus from the Tombs of the Kings complex outside Jerusalem.

Monumental Roman tomb at Milas, known today as Gümüşkesen.

Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp, Istanbul.

The tomb of Valide Sultan Turhan Hatice, mother of Mehmed IV at the mosque of Valide Sultan or New Mosque (Yeni Camii) in Eminönü, Istanbul.

The tomb of Osman I in Bursa. Ottoman books, probably from one of the public libraries of Istanbul.

The monument of Philopappus in Athens.

Landscape at Larissa.

1. Relief showing a scene from Greek mythology: Meleager with the Calydonian boar. 2. Funerary monument in Sicily.

Relief showing a scene from the myth of Proserpina, Roman deity equivalent to Greek Persephone. Archaelogical findings from Sicily.

Ancient funerary urn from Sicily.

Ancient sarcophagi from Sicily.

Ancient column capital and sarcophagus from Monreale Cathedral, Sicily.

A Mufti reading prayers at a Sultan's sarcophagus (türbe).

An Ottoman fountain.

An Ottoman tomb.

Sepulchre of Hassan Baba, at the entrance of the Vale of Tempe.

Turkish man from Asia Minor.

1, 3: Votive offerings, possibly from Kerameikos cemetery: Urn with relief, funerary stele. 2. Statue of Nike.

Monuments on the outskirts of Caesarea.

Funerary monument, possibly at Termessos, Asia Minor.

Midas monument at the village of Yazılıkaya, near Eski Sehir.

Composition of landscapes and monuments from Laborde's journey in Asia Minor.

Muslim cemetery on the route from Izmir to the suburb of Burnova.

Entrance to an Armenian church in Izmir.

The travellers' caravan halts at a rock-cut tomb in Gelenbe, Asia Minor.

Rock-cut tomb in Gelenbe, Asia Minor.

The sarcophagus of Nicaea, on the outskirts of the city.

General view of Iznik (Nicaea).

View of the Mausoleum of Ertugrul, father of Osman I, in Söğüt, Bithynia. Osman I was buried at the same location as his father but his remains were later transferred to Bursa, where his mausoleum stands today.

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