| Unlike the terracotta soldiers protecting the emperor's tumulus, the identity and purpose of the standing figure is still a mystery to scholars. |
| His bent knees fit perfectly inside the slight curve of the tumulus, and we covered him with more flat stones. |
| At first cremation was the rule, as were flat or low graves, though later the tumulus or raised barrow became standard. |
| The tumulus may be considered as the most simple and the most ancient form of sepulture. |
| On levelling a large tumulus a few years since, at Dalpatrick, Lanarkshire, a cist was discovered inclosing an urn. |
| Inch Castle is about three miles from Athy, and adjoining it is a small tumulus, of which the following story is told. |
