Rock-cut grave sites span thousands of years across the continent: Sicily (13th c BC), Sardinia (6th c BC), Italy (8th c BC), France (7th c AD), and England (10th c AD). The Iberian Peninsula holds the largest collection. These practices stretched from Portugal to Armenia 🪦⛏️
Key facts:
- Necropole Monte Sarraceno, Italy - Daunians, 8th century BC
- Cava d'Ispica, Sicily - as early as 13th century BC
- St Odile, France - early medieval, 7th century AD
- Heysham near St Peter's church, England - 10th century AD
- Tuvixeddu necropolis, Sardinia - Punic, 6th century BC