Some of the graves were above-ground tombs with heavy lids and flowery religious epitaphs.

Especially grand above-ground tombs are called mausoleums.

Big above-ground tomb down the centre walk to the right, has a little wrought-iron fence around it.

The word mausoleum has now come to be used generically for an above-ground tomb.

So New Orleans cemeteries are filled with mausoleums, row upon row of above-ground tombs.

The above-ground tombs offer hiding places for muggers.

A parish committee convened to resolve the dispute was willing to make an exception for the singer, with an above-ground sarcophagus-style tomb.

Permanent storage in an above-ground tomb or mausoleum (also referred to as immurement)

Looking left, right, or straight ahead, he spotted scores of major mausoleums, chapels, family vaults, and above-ground tombs.

The government buried many in mass graves, some above-ground tombs were forced open so bodies could be stacked inside, and others were burned.