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Definition of Necropoleis
1. necropolis [n] - See also: necropolis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necropoleis
Literary usage of Necropoleis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"Such necropoleis Loftus unearthed at Erech, and the Hermans at ... At all these
necropoleis, where sufficient explorations have been conducted to determine ..."
2. Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Kedivé by Foster Barham Zincke (1871)
"In this pyramid region, and its necropoleis, we have a chapter in the history of
our race, the importance of which every one can comprehend. ..."
3. A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum with a Chronicle of Excavations Undertaken by John Linton Myres (1899)
"Two Bronze Age necropoleis. That called Mavra Ge ('black soil'), ... OR.
opened about a dozen tombs in the two necropoleis for Sir Charles Newton in 1883 ..."
4. In Scripture Lands: New Views of Sacred Places by Edward Livingston Wilson (1895)
"... are due such remarkable creations as the necropoleis of Lycian Myra and of
Phrygian cliffs—all traceable, perhaps, to the mysterious Hittite heritage. ..."
5. American Journal of Archaeology by Archaeological Institute of America (1891)
"Two necropoleis were investigated : one, the larger, west of the city, the other,
a smaller one, to the east. The sepulchral monuments consisted of (1) ..."
6. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1835)
"In these different necropoleis, there are no doubt multitudes of sepulchral
chambers yet to be discovered, to be f There is a very remarkable similitude ..."
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