Humans have been conducting elaborate rituals following the death of loved ones since prehistoric times. While there are many methods of funerary rites, one specific style of burials has been found in Ancient cultures all around the world, from the Japanese Islands to North America... Full transcript available at HWYN.org If you want to learn more about Ancient Burial Mounds, here are some great resources: (affiliate links) Anglo-Saxon Burial Mounds: Princely Burials in the 6th and 7th Centuries // http://amzn.to/2WhaQXL The Bioarchaeology of Virginia Burial Mounds // https://amzn.to/2M55s6c Attributions for Images: “The tomb of the first Qin Emperor,” traditionaleastasia, accessed May 21, 2019, http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/traditionaleastasia/items/show/22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%E7%A7%A6%E5%A7%8B%E7%9A%87%E5%B8%9D%E9%99%B5%C2%B7%E7%A7%A6%E5%A7%8B%E7%9A%87%E9%99%B5%C2%B7%E8%A5%BF%E5%AE%89%E8%87%A8%E6%BD%BC%C2%B7%EF%BC%88%E5%B0%81%E5%9C%9F%E6%AD%A3%E5%8C%97%E5%81%B4%EF%BC%89.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TERRACOTTA_ARMY_@_Gdynia_2006_-_02_ubt.jpeg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Terracotta_Army_Pit_1_front_rank.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Newgrange_at_a_distance.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Burial-Mounds-at-GyeongJu.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Sulm_valley_tumulus.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Gro%C3%9Fmugl_-_H%C3%BCgelgrab_%281%29.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Orient_m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9en_de_l%27Empire_romain_-_Mosa%C3%AFque_byzantine_-5.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sveshtari_Thracian_tomb_Bulgaria_IFB.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian_Tomb_of_Sveshtari#/media/File:SveshtariTumulus.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scythia-Parthia_100_BC.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Gordion82.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Vergina_--_Tomb_of_Alexander_IV.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Vergina_2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macedon_Philip_II_AR_Tetradrachm_Thunderbolt_Control_Mark,_LeRider_234_Plate_Coin,_1965_Thessalonica_Hoard.xcf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Grobowiec_Filipa_II_Macedonskiego.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Shushmanets_1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Shushmanets3.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Gamla_uppsala.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Oss_vorstengraf.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Jellhaugen_grave_mound%2C_Halden.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Tingh%C3%B8j_Hammersh%C3%B8j_Kvorning_2010-01-08_edit_filtered.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Sutton_Hoo_burial_ground_4.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Sutton_Hoo_helmet_reconstructed.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Stone_of_Destiny_2018-07-24.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Mound_of_the_Hostages%2C_Hill_of_Tara_2018-07-24.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/The_Great_Serpent_Mound.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Poverty_Point_Aerial_HRoe_2014.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Monks_Mound_in_July.JPG