History Main / AncientTomb

* In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Rhodey and Nebula are left on Morag to retrieve the Power Stone, once Peter Quill shows up with its location. After knocking Peter out, they open the tomb where the Power Stone is stored. As Nebula starts to enter, Rhodey stops her and says that they have to worry about booby-traps, a la ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. Nebula just shakes her head in disbelief and walk into the "Temple of the Power Stone."
* In original ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' Conan finds the [[CoolSword Atlantean Sword]] in an old tomb of an atlantean general.

* Obviously, ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'' features these settings.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' had the Barrow-downs. Much of the underground cities and mines of Moria might also qualify; though not built as a tomb, it ended up as one.

* Both ''VideoGame/JediAcademy'' and ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' feature the Sith tombs on Korriban (see under Literature, above).

* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' series has several.
** Creator/RogerEbert in his review of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': "For locations, it ticks off the jungles of South America, the hinterlands of Tibet, the deserts of Egypt, a hidden submarine base, an isolated island, a forgotten tomb -- no, make that two forgotten tombs -- and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking an American archaeology classroom]]."

* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'':

* One of the exhibits in VideoGame/{{Shivers}} is dedicated to tombs and curses.

* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'': ''Underground'' has the second level, appropriately titled "Among the Dead!" which is set in the Parisian catacombs.

* Aside from many obviously real burial tombs, Pharaohs would actually circulate legends about their tombs being cursed to prevent grave robbing. In the long run, this did not work.
** Indeed, most were raided by people who had been alive when the Pharaoh had died.

** The barrows of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' are also mostly justified. Most were built as the tomb/prisons for the members of the ancient [[ReligionOfEvil Dragon Cults]], who were overthrown thousands of years prior to the events of the game. With the return of [[BeastOfTheApocalypse Alduin]], who is [[ResurrectiveImmortality resurrecting]] the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] themselves, the members of the Dragon Cult are likewise returning to (un)life. All of those overly simplistic puzzles in the barrows? They aren't to keep enterprising adventurers out, but to seal ''in'' the undead.

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'':

* ''VideoGame/TorchlightII'''s 1st Act the crumbling brown stone type, Act 2 has the elaborately decorated and trapped type, and Act 3 has the sunken crypt types. Act 2 takes a break from the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil to throw in the toughest BonusBoss of the game.

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' has the Assassin Tombs (typically having larger structures like churches built around them) and the Auditore Family Crypt (which has no puzzles or guards but provides some interesting backstory). ''Brotherhood'' brings back the Crypt [[spoiler:during the opening segment, where Desmond and Lucy go through the catacombs beneath modern Monteriggioni, including parts of the crypt, to get into the inner sanctum beneath the Villa Auditore.]]