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Recent Examples of tumulus
Nearby, the researchers found a 197- by 26-foot tumulus, or burial mound, and an extravagant array of Greek funerary goods likely left by merchants and mercenaries living in the area.
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Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2021
Another surprising discovery is a giant tumulus near the town of Amphipolis in northern Greece.
—National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2019
The pressure may have pushed that tumulus to sea level.
—Megan Friedman, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2018
The running theory is that the island was a submarine tumulus created when the pressure of slow-moving lava lifts the crust above it.
—Megan Friedman, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2018
Resembling an ancient burial mound known as a tumulus, Maropeng's entrance blends artfully with the grassland surroundings.
—Smithsonian, 27 Mar. 2017
Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2021
Another surprising discovery is a giant tumulus near the town of Amphipolis in northern Greece.
—National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2019
The pressure may have pushed that tumulus to sea level.
—Megan Friedman, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2018
The running theory is that the island was a submarine tumulus created when the pressure of slow-moving lava lifts the crust above it.
—Megan Friedman, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2018
Resembling an ancient burial mound known as a tumulus, Maropeng's entrance blends artfully with the grassland surroundings.
—Smithsonian, 27 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumulus
Noun
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These cemeteries are appropriately designed and maintained by the United States government.—
Avi Weiss,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The cemetery’s gate regularly needs fixing and even replacing due to vandalism.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The ancient long barrow, located at the border of the villages Dlouhé Dvory and Lípa in the country’s eastern Bohemia region, measures roughly 620 feet long and 50 feet wide at its largest point.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
2 July 2024
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Another Bronze Age cemetery located ten miles from Stonehenge features 20 barrows, or circular mounds, some of which show signs of cremation.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
Noun
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Mountain ranges are graveyards of ghost areas, abandoned by skittish investors or undone by the fickleness of weather gods.—
John Branch,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Most of the graveyard’s shipwrecks concentrated where the powerful Columbia River feeds into the Pacific, further south than the Valencia's resting place.—
Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Kershaw, who underwent knee and foot surgeries this offseason, is not yet throwing off a mound, but has progressed in his throwing program.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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At the Olympics, the mound was more there as an aesthetic.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Greek Festival Food, music and dance fill the churchyard at Holy Trinity Cathedral during one of the largest cultural festivals of the year in downtown Salt Lake City.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
5 Sep. 2024
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Kristen makes some noise about a contractor, but that’s not soon enough for Sister Andrea, who tells Ben to get some bricks from the churchyard and start the work ASAP.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
4 July 2024
Noun
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Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (2024) Vampire Weekend have lost their illusions, buried their remains, and built a memorial to young adulthoods lived in New York, a mausoleum made of towering peaks and charmingly precious lyrics.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2024
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The walls of the mausoleum for late President Hafez al-Assad are scrawled with graffiti now — things that Syrians have long felt but could never say aloud during his family’s five-decade dictatorship.—
Raja Abdulrahim,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Tumulus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumulus. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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