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 organization intended to use the concrete to establish 100 Berlin Wall monuments across North America, with the project leading into the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2009.
    Will McGough, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But the rest of the land, save for the monorail, one of Disneyland’s most recognizable monuments, should be considered fair game.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In July 2025, utility workers excavating trenches to expand an underground gas network in Peru's capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs that were over 1,000 years old.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There has been prior research on the reuse of tombs in Thebes.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • These included a child buried face down, a skeleton positioned as in a crucifixion, graves with stones placed around the skull as if to prevent biting or movement, as well as other graves with sickles and padlocks.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Venture just beyond downtown to Mount Moriah Cemetery, where Calamity Jane lies buried next to Wild Bill Hickok; paths through the pines lead to the graves of pioneers and other Wild West figures, like Seth Bullock.
    Jacqueline Kehoe, Midwest Living, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Mausoleums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleums. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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