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means A carved stone marker set at a grave to identify who is buried there and commemorate them with name, dates, and often a brief epitaph.
from A straightforward compound of 'tomb' (from Greek 'tymbos,' a burial mound, filtered through Latin and French) and 'stone,' an old Germanic word for rock. The combined term emerged in English to distinguish the stone slab marking a grave from the tomb or burial chamber itself — practical, literal, no trickery in it, which makes it almost funny next to the solemn job the object actually does.
- average lifespan
- granite outlasts most marriages, easily 500 years
- epitaph trend
- QR codes now link graves to online memorial pages
- etymology
- tomb plus stone, refreshingly literal for once
- older than you think
- ancient Egyptians used stelae the same way