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what do you call those burial vaults or tombs above the ground?

those vaults made of marble, granite, etc. that acts as monuments for the dead and what do you call those burial vaults that are on top of another vault usually owned by one family.thanks not the mausoleum...just the box type extrusion with the name, d.o.b. etc. and not the tombstone either.

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1. Do you mean a mausoleum?
2. Crypts
3. sepulchre, or sarcophagus, or burial vault?
4. a Crypt
5. The above-ground tombs in the cemeteries of New Orleans are often referred to as "cities of the dead." ........................................................................... Above ground burial becomes a reality at St. Anastasia, Hutchinson The above ground structures are referred to as mausoleums and columbariums. A mausoleum is commonly known as the permanent structure that holds full body entombments in openings called "crypts." The columbarium has a similar purpose to the mausoleum, but holds cremated remains in 11-inch cube openings called "niches."
6. its called a sarcophagus. you're welcome
7. a crypt
8. Cenotaph,
9. Mausoleums