Knowra Funerary art Funerary art Funerary art comprises images, structures, and objects made for burial, commemoration, or rites for the dead. It ranges from grave markers and tombs to offerings and memorial portraits.
Egyptian tomb art : Paintings, reliefs, and objects placed in ancient Egyptian tombs to support the deceased and depict the afterlife. Its scenes and grave goods make the tomb a setting for both ritual and enduring images.
Burial goods : Objects placed in a grave or tomb for the deceased, including tools, ornaments, food, and ritual items. Their placement makes an object part of funerary practice rather than ordinary use.
Neolithic burial : Burial practices of Neolithic communities, often involving grave goods, collective tombs, or monumental stone structures. Early burial customs show how material offerings and built spaces entered the treatment of the dead.
Cremation : The reduction of a dead body to ashes through burning, often followed by burial or preservation of the remains. It can replace the intact-body burial around which many tomb forms are designed.
Archaeology : The study of past human societies through the material remains of their activities. Tombs and grave goods provide archaeological evidence about belief, craft, and social life.
Terracotta Army : A collection of life-size terracotta soldiers and other figures buried near Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum in China. The figures extend imperial authority into the ruler’s burial complex.
Cenotaph : A monument honoring a dead person or group whose remains are buried elsewhere or unavailable. It shows how commemoration can take artistic form without containing a body.
Megalithic tomb : A prehistoric burial monument built from large stones, including passage tombs and dolmens. Its scale and construction make burial architecture a collective commemorative work.
Inhumation : The burial of a body in the ground or in a tomb without first cremating it. It provides a direct contrast to funerary practices centered on burned remains.
Cultural heritage : Practices, places, objects, and knowledge inherited from the past and valued by a community. Funerary monuments become heritage sites whose care and interpretation carry cultural stakes.
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