USA: Dating back to 1793, Old North Church in Boston houses in its basement a crypt containing approximately 1,100 burials.
Austria: The Imperial Crypt, the burial chamber beneath the Capuchin church and monastery in Vienna.
Czech Republic: The memorial in the crypt of the Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Prague commemorates Czechoslovak resistance operatives Jozef Gabčík.
Uzbekistan: Timur, also known as Tamerlane, lies in Gur-e-Amir, a grand mausoleum in Samarkand.
Italy: The Crypt of the Redeemer, also known as the Crypt of the Madonna della Grotta, is an underground cave church located in the city of Taranto, in Puglia.
Scotland: Rosslyn Chapel is familiar to many as a location featured in Dan Brown's bestselling novel 'The Da Vinci Code' (2003) and its 2006 film adaptation.
Russia: Just outside the remote Russian village of Dargavs lies a medieval necropolis fittingly called the "City of the Dead.
Ireland: St. Michan's Church in Dublin features a burial vault in which four opened coffins contain the mummified remains of a nun, a crusader.
Egypt: Situated deep inside the pyramid of Djoser is a crypt or burial chamber. Excavation revealed no body.
Italy: A cave crypt dedicated to St. Michael of Archangel stands in the grounds of the Masseria Jesce.