Thesaurus results for NECROPOLIS

necropolis

noun

nə-ˈkrä-pə-ləs

as in cemetery

a piece of land used for burying the dead an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died

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Recent Examples on the Web Toward the end of the Middle Ages, placing padlocks in graves became something of a tradition in Central Europe, particularly in Poland, where lock-and-key assemblages have been found in the graves of about three dozen necropolises for Ashkenazi Jews. —

Franz Lidz, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023 Lychakiv cemetery, the 18th century necropolis on the city’s outskirts, reflects that layering of history, filled with the dead of every era. —

Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023 The site held a necropolis from the seventh to 10th centuries and a fortress in the 13th century. —

Jamie Quatro, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023 Recently, archaeologists excavated an unusual set of talismanic nails from a mountaintop necropolis on the outskirts of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey. —

Franz Lidz, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for necropolis

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