In the center is a tomb made of modern masonry that tradition claims is the tomb of Saint George ("Mar Jirjis") of "al-Khidr".
In the Highlands, the transition to masonry was preceded by the construction of tombs from massive stone slabs collectively hauled by community members to the tomb site.
It takes us on a tour of tombs costing $100,000 a piece, masonry piles resembling the entrance to some luxury hotel.
Rusticated masonry is found as early as the platform of the tomb of Cyrus II (the Great) at Pasargadae in Persia (560 bc) and was commonly used for Greek and Hellenistic retaining walls and terraces.
But if the ancient descriptions of the tomb are even a pale reflection of the truth, that amount of masonry is unlikely to have wandered far.
Objects of historical interest include the tomb of Lohangi-Pir, the Buddhist pillar Pani-ki-Kundi, and a masonry tank, all of which are atop Lohangi Rock, a sandstone edifice 23 feet (7 metres) high.
While in the earliest Tomb Raider games Croft did little more than knock about in ancient ruins, fend off hostile wildlife and solve preposterous masonry-based puzzles, in this latest outing she's in therapy.
His tomb was flamboyant, as tombs go.
