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  1. Burial accounts

    The funeral of Patroclus is described in book 23 of Homer's Iliad. Patroclus is burned on a pyre, and his bones are collected into a golden urn in two layers of fat. The barrow is built on the location of the pyre. Achilles then sponsors fu… See more

    Types

    Archaeologists often classify tumuli according to their location, form, and date of construction (see also mound). Some British types are listed below:
    Bank barrow
    Bell barrowSee more

    Modern practices

    There is a contemporary revival in barrow building in the UK. In 2015 the first long barrow in thousands of years, the Long Barrow at All Cannings, inspired by those built in the Neolithic era, was built on land just outsid… See more

    Sites

    Burial mounds are one of several funerary forms practiced by Indigenous Australians. Burial mounds were once practiced by some Aboriginals across Australia, the most eloborate burial mounds are recorded in … See more

    See also

    Barrow-downs, in Tolkien's Middle-earth
    Muranë See more

    Sources

    • Albright, William F. (1923). "Interesting finds in tumuli near Jerusalem". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 10 (April). The American Schools of Oriental Research: 1–3. doi:
    • Amiran, Ruth (1958). "Th… See more

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