Showing posts with label royal tombs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label royal tombs. Show all posts

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Royal Tombs, Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo, Egypt

Fuad I, King of Egypt.
Farouk I, King of Egypt.
Ismail Pasha Khedive of Egypt.
Ferial Hanem, wife of Ismail Pasha, mother of Fuad I.
Shahrat Faza Hamen, wife of Ismail Pasha.
Jeshem Afet Hamen, wife of Ismail Pasha.
Djananiar Hamen, wife of Ismail Pasha. If the Gothic elements are a bit unexpected, it helps to know she was French.
Khushiyar Kadin, wife of Ibrahim Pasha, and mother of Ismail Pasha.
Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt.

Sultana Melek, wife of Hussein Kamel.
Photos by Ahmad Badr

Tomb of Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo


Photo by Ahmad Badr

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Coffin of Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria, St. Augustine's Church, Coburg, Germany

The tomb behind it is that of his parents Prince August of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary and Princess Clementine of Orleans.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Tomb of Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona ( d897 ), Santa Maria de Ripoll

Yes, I said Wilfred the Hairy
(Photo Credit)

Shrine of St. Ferdinand III, King of Castille, Seville Cathedral


We often hear the line "how would you feel if one of your ancestors was put on public display?" Well, I'm showing you these pictures, so it's fairly obvious I don't have a problem with it. The dead don't give a rat's hindquarters what happens to their bodies, so the living should stop being so fucking squeamish.
FYI: St. Ferdinand's daughter married Edward I of England. Literally millions of people are descended from them.