One of the inscriptions on the tomb of Sir Richard Burton
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One of the inscriptions on the tomb of Sir Richard Burton
Image: © Marathon Taken: 23 Jan 2019
The tomb of Sir Richard Burton in St Mary Magdalen’s RC Churchyard at Mortlake takes the form of a stone replica of a Bedouin tent. It is 12 feet square and 18 feet high - see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6047276 This is a close up of one of the inscriptions seen on the front. The other is at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6047285 Sir Richard Burton was a Victorian explorer and linguist. He made an English translation of One Thousand and One Nights (better known as The Arabian Nights), he brought the Kama Sutra to publication in English, and was one of the first two Europeans to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. The back of the tomb is even more extraordinary - see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6047283
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