Two tombs of the Southern Tang Dynasty (Qinling Tomb and Shunling Tomb), most important cultural heritages in China, were built for emperors 1000 years ago decorated with murals stone sculptures. After their excavation 1950s, it was found that drastic fluctuations environment within had caused multiple diseases, such as salt efflorescence, powdering, biodeterioration, which led to irreversible ...

The first painted tombs in Etruria date to about 675–650 BC, as attested by a few examples at Veii and Caere, which pre-date those of Tarquinia (mainly sixth–third centuries BC). At first glance, tomb painting has no obvious connection with the Early Iron Age or Villanovan period (tenth/ninth–eighth centuries BC), when burial in shaft or trench graves predominated. Nevertheless, some links can ...