22 THE WORLD'S FINEST BURIAL GROUNDS.

 

 

by green trees, running brooks and fragrant
flowers. The old world custom is some-
what different and especially those of an-
cient times.

In Athens, Pompeii and Rome it was the
custom to bury the dead by the side of the
main roads immediately outside the town-

gates. In Greece these Streets of Tombs

 

have mostly disappeared. The only one re-
maining is now within the present city of
Athens.

monuments of the finest pentelic marble,

Many of these had sumptuous

but only those that could bear exposure
have been left in their original places, the
smaller ones having been removed to the

Athenium museums.

 

 

 

 

TOMB OF MARIA CHRISTINA—VIENNA,