as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died
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Lychakiv cemetery, the 18th century necropolis on the city’s outskirts, reflects that layering of history, filled with the dead of every era.
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
The site held a necropolis from the seventh to 10th centuries and a fortress in the 13th century.
—Jamie Quatro, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
Recently, archaeologists excavated an unusual set of talismanic nails from a mountaintop necropolis on the outskirts of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
In the middle of the desolate Taklamakan Desert, on the far western edge of China and surrounded by forbidding mountains, a necropolis descends for five levels into the sands.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2017
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
The site held a necropolis from the seventh to 10th centuries and a fortress in the 13th century.
—Jamie Quatro, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
Recently, archaeologists excavated an unusual set of talismanic nails from a mountaintop necropolis on the outskirts of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
In the middle of the desolate Taklamakan Desert, on the far western edge of China and surrounded by forbidding mountains, a necropolis descends for five levels into the sands.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2017
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