It was an awesome, echoing place, that city, like some vast, magnificent tomb.

True to Kaneka's promise, I saw mighty temples and vast tombs along the route, a testament to the tremendous antiquity of this land.

It seemed as though Rome, under the magic breath of some demon of the night, had suddenly changed into a vast tomb.

By this time we had reached that end of the vast tomb where the hunchbacked king used to sit, and saw at once that our quest was vain.

His vast imperial tomb was found by accident, when people were digging a well in 1974.

They live in dark and chilly vast tombs--costly enough, maybe, but without conveniences.

The land became one vast tomb and knew the quiet of the tomb, for rarely were there enough survivors to bury the dead.

The idea was to create a vast underground tomb for the vermin.

Most of the rest remain sealed in their collapsed tunnels and bunkers, turning the island into a vast tomb.

Apart from vast tombs, their main legacy was artistic, notably bronze and terra-cotta sculptures and painted ceramics.