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Definition of Tumulus

Tumulus
Tumulus Tu"mu*lus, n.; pl. Tumuli. [L., a mound, a sepulchral mound, probably from tumere to swell. Cf. Tumid.] An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.

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- A tumulus (pl.: tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, howes or (in Siberia...
- Look up tumulus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumulus may also refer to:...
- The Karakuş Tumulus (also Karakush) is a funerary monument—a hierothesion—for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene, built by Mithridates...
- Aslantepe Tumulus (Turkish: Aslantepe Höyüğü), also spelled as Arslantepe, is a 5,000 year-old tumulus located in Malatya Province, Eastern Anatolia Region...
- The Saint-Michel tumulus (Breton: tumulus Sant-Mikael) is a megalithic grave mound, located east of Carnac in Brittany, France. It is the largest grave...
- The Tumulus culture (German: Hügelgräberkultur) was the dominant material culture in Central Europe during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600 to 1300 BC)...
- The Leubingen tumulus (German: Fürstengrab von Leubingen) is an Early Bronze Age "princely" grave of the Leubingen culture, (which, after further finds...
- Goddess Matar (Kybele). The furniture from the largest tomb at Gordion, Tumulus MM, is ****ociated with King Midas, the powerful Phrygian ruler of the eighth...
- neighborhood of the city of Hirakata, Osaka in the Kansai region of ****an. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of ****an in 1922 with the area...
- keyhole-shaped mounds (zempō-kōen fun (前方後円墳)). The Mozu-Furuichi kofungun or tumulus clusters were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019, while...