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Recent Examples of tumulus
Cave art in this area is often used as another marker of the exceptional nature of hominids, and this discovery added another element to knowledge of early burials: the use of stones carried from elsewhere to build a tumulus over the body.
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Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025
The circular stone ruins stretched about 40 feet across and matched the general design of a Roman burial mound, or tumulus, archaeologists said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Interestingly enough, the tumulus represents a meeting of Roman and Celtic traditions, though, by the looks of it, this funerary monument, possibly attached to a stately though unknown elite, was a symbolic gesture, piquing intrigue and revealing a slice of Roman life rarely seen.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Objects inside the tumulus included a number of relics associated with royal banquets such as bronze cauldrons, jugs, and bowls, as well as additional iron tools.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 June 2025
Melena flags a hand limply at her older daughter as Nanny hoists Nessa onto the edge of the cot, where the girl lies, inert and cringing, in the lee of the tumulus that Melena has become.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Nearby, the researchers found a 197- by 26-foot tumulus, or burial mound, and an extravagant array of Greek funerary goods likely left by merchants and mercenaries living in the area.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2021
Another surprising discovery is a giant tumulus near the town of Amphipolis in northern Greece.
—National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2019
Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025
The circular stone ruins stretched about 40 feet across and matched the general design of a Roman burial mound, or tumulus, archaeologists said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Interestingly enough, the tumulus represents a meeting of Roman and Celtic traditions, though, by the looks of it, this funerary monument, possibly attached to a stately though unknown elite, was a symbolic gesture, piquing intrigue and revealing a slice of Roman life rarely seen.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Objects inside the tumulus included a number of relics associated with royal banquets such as bronze cauldrons, jugs, and bowls, as well as additional iron tools.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 June 2025
Melena flags a hand limply at her older daughter as Nanny hoists Nessa onto the edge of the cot, where the girl lies, inert and cringing, in the lee of the tumulus that Melena has become.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Nearby, the researchers found a 197- by 26-foot tumulus, or burial mound, and an extravagant array of Greek funerary goods likely left by merchants and mercenaries living in the area.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2021
Another surprising discovery is a giant tumulus near the town of Amphipolis in northern Greece.
—National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumulus
Noun
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As a Community Services District, the water district could potentially assist the cemetery district with some of its needs, Wolski said.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Iranian cemeteries, holy shrines and mosques -- which normally are venues for the 40th-day ceremonies -- have turned into scenes of the most extraordinary ways of mourning in the country, as victims’ families have been dancing to mourn as a sign of defiance.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Near the town of Sanquhar, a southwestern Scottish community nestled in verdant countryside, researchers stumbled upon a Bronze Age barrow—the first find of its kind in the area.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Dec. 2025
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The landscape also offers up eighteenth-century farmhouses, lairds’ castles, Norse churches, Iron Age forts, and Bronze Age barrows alongside the Neolithic tombs, settlements, and standing stones—thousands of sites altogether, across twenty-odd inhabited islands.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For example, Mermentau Cove previously used Mardi Gras funds to construct a pavilion for their graveyard and add flags to veterans' graves.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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That number suggests the ancient permafrost is less like a graveyard and more like an untouched biological frontier — teeming with life forms that have been hidden from science for tens of thousands of years.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The results that matter are the wins and being on the mound with the ball in his right hand every five games.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Brown was dominant on the mound, limiting Manette to just three hits, while the Owls racked up 18.—
Sarah Dewberry,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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The pilgrimage continues with a visit to the writer’s simple grave in the village churchyard, followed by a walk (one of Graves’ favorites) through terraced olive groves to the rocky sea-cove at Cala Deià.—
Paul Richardson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 Feb. 2026
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The 19 monks and their dog, Aloka, walked 2,300 miles across several Southern states — sometimes in frigid conditions — drawing large crowds in churchyards, city halls and town squares.—
Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Tumulus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumulus. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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