Europe / Alberto Siliotti -- Megalithic tombs in Brittany and Ireland / Emiliana Petrioli -- The cult of the dead in the Etruscan territories in Lazo / Alberto Siliotti -- The underground tomb of Hal Saflieni and the Brochtorff circle in the islands of the Maltese Archipelago / Emiliana Petrioli -- The tombs and treasures of the kings of Mycenae / Furio Durando -- The tomb of Philip II of Macedonia at Vergina / Furio Durando -- Africa and the Near and Middle East / Alberto Siliotti -- The pyramid of Cheops / Alberto Siliotti -- The tomb of Sennefer and the tombs of the nobles in Thebes / Alberto Siliotti -- The golden mummies of Bahariya Oasis / Alberto Siliotti -- Nemrud Dagh: Near the Heavenly thrones / Marcello Spanu -- The great rock tombs of Petra / Marcello Spanu -- The Necropolis at Palmyra / Danila Piacentini -- The royal cemetery of Ur / Claudio Saporetti -- Asia and the Far East / Alberto Siliotti -- The funerary rites of the peoples of the Steppes / Paola d'Amore -- The stupa at Sanchi in the Madhya Pradesh / Marilia Albanese -- The Angkor Wat complex / Marilia Albanese -- The mausoleum of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty / Filippo Salviati -- Tombs and funerary practices of the Han Dynasty / Filippo Salviati -- The imperial mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty / Filippo Salviati -- Americas / Matos Moctezuma -- The City of the Gods: Teotihuacán / Matos Moctezuma -- The sacred Zapotec city: Monte Albán / Matos Moctezuma -- Sipán: Magnificence and mystery of the Moche royal tombs / Walter Alva.