During the war, the Military District of Washington maintained a small ceremonial detachment to guard the Tomb and to perform funerals and ceremonies. Upon its reactivation at Fort Myer in 1948 ...

the Grand Changing of the Guard ceremony takes place and the evzones, accompanied by a military band, march from the Presidential Guard's barracks to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and backward.

The idea for the Tomb was first developed from ceremonies in London and Paris in ... Five years later, the first soldiers were assigned to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at the cemetery ...

Under the caption "Akhenaten guards his tomb himself," social media users have pointed out the striking similarities in features between the tomb guardian and King Akhenaten. The fame of the ...

In addition to the pyramids or walls with soul towers as primary tomb signs, many carved stone statues were erected as guards of honor ... buildings for holding the ceremonies of sacrifice offering.