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Definition of Necropolises

Necropolises
Necropolis Ne*crop"o*lis, n.; pl. Necropolises. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? a dead body, adj., dead + ? city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.

Meaning of Necropolises from wikipedia

- A necropolis (pl.: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from...
- The Vatican Necropolis lies under the Vatican City, at depths varying between 5–12 metres below Saint Peter's Basilica. The Vatican sponsored archaeological...
- Look up necropolis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A necropolis is a city of the dead (i.e. a cemetery city or mythical place). Necropolis may also...
- The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is the former national cemetery of the Soviet Union, located in Red Square in Moscow beside the Kremlin Wall. Burials there...
- precise descriptions—and the necropolis is thought to have originally covered a relatively large area. The necropolises of Carthage are estimated to have...
- The Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the pyramid of Khafre, and the pyramid of Menkaure, along...
- "Monterozzi, Etruscan Necropolis". Etruscanplaces.net. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2012. "The Necropolises of Tarquinia and...
- The Theban Necropolis (Arabic: مدينة طيبة الجنائزية, romanized: Madīnat Ṭaybah al-Janāʼizīyah) is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite...
- The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral (St. Mungo's...
- The Memphite Necropolis (or Pyramid Fields) is a series of ancient Egyptian funerary complexes occupying a 30-kilometer (19 mi) stretch on the Western...