mausoleums

variants or mausolea
plural of mausoleum
as in monuments
a stone building with places for the dead bodies of several people or the body of an important person The cemetery has many mausoleums for some of the cites most notable families.

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Recent Examples of mausoleums Stroll through the grounds for free and admire the intricate headstones and mausoleums. Krista Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026 Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi pleaded guilty and was convicted in 2016 for destroying historic mausoleums in Timbuktu. Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026 The forts, palaces, gardens, mosques, mausoleums, and even cities that Mughal rulers commissioned reflect their ambition and affluence as much as their tastes and sensibilities. Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026 And then there was the glass—the architect loved the flora and fauna of the city and wanted to bring it into the museum, which is not typical of your encyclopedic mausoleums to culture, walled off from the outside world. Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026 In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel - an old associate of El Mencho - and Arturo Beltrán Leyva. CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026 In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel — an old associate of El Mencho — and Arturo Beltrán Leyva. ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026 Throughout the two-month stretch, authorities responded to Mount Moriah multiple times in regards to a string of burglarized graves and mausoleums. David Matthews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026 For months, mausoleums in the graveyard, some more than a hundred years old, were being looted in the dead of night, police said. Gaya Gupta, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2026
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Noun
  • The city’s Historic Preservation Committee also recommended adding signs and monuments along Elk Grove Boulevard to mark entrances into the historic district, according to the staff report.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • Presidents create monuments by proclamation, which leaves them far more vulnerable to changes in administration.
    Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Linn said there's anything from dogs associated with deities like Hecate, to dogs found in Mycenaean tombs.
    Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • The Digest Three ancient Egyptian tombs with rare inscriptions have been uncovered at Saqqara, offering new clues about New Kingdom ties to the Near East.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Together, the three graves belonged to pets named Hollie, Dollie and Carlie.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
  • Ask for a map at the gate to find the graves and pay your respects.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026

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