Top 15 Mysterious Burial Sites
Cemeteries are scary places. Most of people think of the living dead who wander around graveyards and scare the living, zombies and vampires are also the mythical creatures that dwell at the cemetery. Some would never thing about going to one of these places at the night time. Maybe you’ll think differently about these cemeteries.
10. World’s First Public Pet Cemetery Cimetiere des Chiens is a cemetery for dogs and other domestic animals. It is thought to be the oldest public pet cemetery in the world. Asnières-sur-Seine, Paris, France. It was opened in1899. The legendary American dog that starred in various Hollywood movies, Rin Tin Tin, was buried there. However in 1896, a prominent New York City Veterinarian opened in New York, a burial plot for a bereaved friend’s dog. It is considered to be America’s first and most prestigious pet cemetery where 70,000 pets found the final resting place.
9. Stull Cemetery aka Highway to Hell This scary cemetery is considered to be haunted. There are places that go beyond the legends of merely being haunted and enter the realm of the diabolical. Such places are places said to be so terrifying that the Devil himself holds court with his worshipers there… This is the case of Stull Cemetery in Kansas, allegedly one of the “gateways to hell” itself!
8. Cross Bones GraveyardCross Bones is an unconsecrated graveyard; it was a burial ground for ‘single women’ meaning prostitutes. Such women were condemned to be buried in an unholy ground. These women became known as ‘Winchester Geese’.
7. Le Mummie di Urbania
It is located in Urbania in Italy. The Church of the Dead, Chapel Cola was founded in 1380. It houses the cemetery of mummies. This cemetery is famous for its strange phenomenon of natural mummification.
6. Shirokorechenskoe Cemetery aka the Mafia CemeteryDespite the ghoulish aspect of the place, many tourists stop by to see the resting place of many mafia lords. If you go to this cemetery you’ll see images of gangsters engraved on expensive granite gravestones, some are life-sized. Expect gangster-chic slouch, leather jackets, gold chains and visible signs of success.
5. Neptune Reef It is the world’s first underwater cemetery. It was just a matter of time when someone would thing of this. It’s the perfect place to spend an eternity at for seamen and others who loved the sea. The Neptune Memorial Reef aka the Atlantis Memorial Reef or the Atlantis Reef is the world’s first underwater mausoleum for cremated remains.
4. The Merry Cemetery The Merry Cemetery is situated in Northern Romania. It is under the protection of UNESCO, it’s a World Heritage site. It is unusual due to the vivid colors and unusual design of the tombstones where engraved funny epigraphs that describe the deciesed person’s life are.
3. The Bridge to Paradise – Xcaret’s one-of-a-kind cemeteryIt is quite an intriguing Mexican cemetery. Its them reflects something uniquely Mexican Its structure is based on the Gregorian calendar. The cemetery simulates a hill with seven levels representing the days of the week and 365 colorful tombs depicting the days of the year. The main entrance is a stairway with 52 steps that represent the weeks of the year. One of the world’s most unusual cemeteries was officially opened on November the 1st 2005. Each grave is different from the others in design and building materials.
2. Wuyi Mountain These mysterious hanging coffins are located in the Fujian Province. It is an ancient Asian funeral custom. They are said to appear in the Chinese history, as early as in the Zhou Dynasty (1027-777BC).
1. The Cemeteries of Giza and the Valley of the Kings The most popular burial site of all is The Giza Plateau, the site of the mysterious Great Pyramid, the Sphinx and thousands of tombs. It has attracted a great number of tourists, archeologists, historians, scientists and mathematicians who were all dazzled by the monumental ancient burial ground of the Egyptians. T he Great Pyramid is considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It was built with more than 2 million stones over a period of 20 years. The Valley of the Kings contains more than 60 tombs and 120 chambers. It was the main burial place of the major royal figures of the Egyptian New Kingdom. There is still a veil of mystery that covers this ancient cemetery.
Northeast Mongolia
Legend has it that Genghis Khan is entombed in a spot so secretive that anyone who even came near his funeral procession was killed. The 800 horsemen who trampled his gravesite to keep its location secret were, in turn, executed, along with the 1,000 laborers who escorted his body and dug his final resting place. There is a tomb at his palace (pictured), on the Ordos Plateau, but it only contains his personal effects, not his remains. Yet the search for his remains continues, using advanced ground visualization techniques that not even the Great Khan, renowned for incorporating the technologies of the countless people he conquered into his war machine, could not have imagined. Genghis Khan took the greatest treasures from the most advanced empires of the time. Could some of this wealth have been buried with him?
Valley of the Kings, Egypt Discovered in 1907, Tomb 55 remains one of the most enduring mysteries of the Valley of the Kings. The wooden shrine was clearly made for Tiye (Ankhanaten’s mother). The magic bricks bear the name of Ankhanaten. The coffin was made for a woman, but altered for a man and a beard was added. The golden death mask was purposely broken, making identification difficult. DNA testing shows the mummy is related to Tutankhamen, but testing also shows that the mummy was a young man in his late teens or early twenties, ruling out Ankhanaten (Tut’s likely father). This also could be the mysterious Smenkhkare, who also, possibly, was the father, or perhaps the uncle, of Tutankhamen. However, too little is known about him to be certain. Who is buried in Tomb 55, and why does it contain such a mismatch of burial goods from a period when burials were highly ritualized and defined?
Stonehenge, England Stonehenge has long been shrouded in mysteries surrounding its creation and purpose, leading to theories that range from “crackpot” to scientifically analytical. New radiocarbon dating shows that cremation burials at Stonehenge took place from its creation (around 3,000 B.C.), until long after the famous large stones were erected (around 2,500 B.C.), supporting the theory that it was used for royal burials. Previous testing indicated that these burials only occurred over a small period of time. Further giving credence to the “burial of the privileged” idea, is the fact that the number of cremations started out small but advanced in number as more generations flourished. Over a period spanning 500 years, archaeologists estimate that 240 cremation burials took place, indicating that a very select few—perhaps a royal few—were interred near where the sarsen stones now stand.
arpsborg, Norway Viking-era bones found beneath a rosebush at the St. Nicholas Church in Norway, show a lack of fusing of a particular bone in the back of the neck. (St. Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, among others.) While this skeletal trait has never been found among Norwegians, it is known to be the dominant trait of a single people: the Incans, who thrived in Peru during the Viking heyday. Vikings were known to sail farther than any other culture, and even to have made small forays into North America. Could the Incans, whose empire spanned a continent, have also traveled far? Could Vikings have encountered an Incan in the Northeast Region of Canada, and returned with him to Scandinavia?
Alps, Austrian-Italian Border Otzi lived 5,300 years ago, and has been the subject of intense examination and debate, as well as a number of hoaxes, since his body was discovered partially entombed in ice in 1991. While tissue and intestinal analysis has revealed to us his last meal, and examination of wounds revealed his likely cause of death, debate still rages over many aspects of this natural mummy. Analysis shows the blood of at least four other people on his knife, arrow and clothing. Was he murdered, shot in the back by companions? Did he, and others with him, fight and win a skirmish with rivals? Was he ceremoniously buried near the spot where he was found? Otzi has revealed much about Europeans in the Copper Age, but a lot of mystery (and a possible curse) still surrounds this ancient man.
It is located in Urbania in Italy. The Church of the Dead, Chapel Cola was founded in 1380. It houses the cemetery of mummies. This cemetery is famous for its strange phenomenon of natural mummification.
Legend has it that Genghis Khan is entombed in a spot so secretive that anyone who even came near his funeral procession was killed. The 800 horsemen who trampled his gravesite to keep its location secret were, in turn, executed, along with the 1,000 laborers who escorted his body and dug his final resting place. There is a tomb at his palace (pictured), on the Ordos Plateau, but it only contains his personal effects, not his remains. Yet the search for his remains continues, using advanced ground visualization techniques that not even the Great Khan, renowned for incorporating the technologies of the countless people he conquered into his war machine, could not have imagined. Genghis Khan took the greatest treasures from the most advanced empires of the time. Could some of this wealth have been buried with him?
