Around the rim of the city, there is a necropolis with monumental tombs scattered about. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Egyptian authorities say archeologists have found an ancient tomb that suggests another necropolis is yet to be discovered near the Great Pyramids of Giza. From Wordnik.com. [Archeologists in Egypt Uncover Ancient Tomb] Reference
One female mummy was found wearing a gilded mask, a rare treasure at the site known as the necropolis of Deir el-Banat. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Marble sarcophagus 2nd century A.D. South of the necropolis is the partially reconstructed Roman hippodrome excavated in 1967. From Wordnik.com. [news.beiruter.com - A directory of Lebanese blogs] Reference
One of the most interesting objects in Sikyatki food basins from the necropolis was a comparatively well preserved rattle of a rattlesnake. From Wordnik.com. [Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744] Reference
Among those buried in the necropolis was a set designer for Pompey's Theater, notorious for being near the spot where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death. From Wordnik.com. [DesignerBlog] Reference
So Dominique and Hannelore excavated a trench perpendicular to the eastern part of the NW necropolis, which is interpreted as a degraded active normal fault plane. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 1] Reference
The necropolis was not astir and the streets were wind-haunted. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
A number of tombs belonging to the Roman necropolis were discovered in 1883. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
A necropolis of empty consolations followed a miserly Greek Orthodox service. From Wordnik.com. [Val Strange: You Are a Whole Different Person When You Are Scared] Reference
The necropolis in the hill to the north-west, known as the Banditaccia, is important. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Finally, after long and minute research in the forests, I discovered the necropolis of. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
That it held the cartouche of Thoth and not one of the necropolis symbols was rare enough. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lines]
As it broke the horizon the sun turned shadowy canyons into the neat ranks of a necropolis. From Wordnik.com. [Wolves Eat Dogs]
Bouriant two funerary inscriptions found in the necropolis dating from the second century A.D. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
The inn of the necropolis was like an immense dwelling, except that the courts were stable-yards. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
While he is filling his museum he does not seem to understand that he is denuding every necropolis in. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference
During Byzantine/Selçuk times, it seems that a small settlement was installed here, with a necropolis. From Wordnik.com. [Territorial Archaeological Survey « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds] Reference
A small lead tablet covered on both sides with inscriptions, has been found in the Roman necropolis. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
The origin of this necropolis is unclear, but at least one grave could be dated to the mid-Byzantine period. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Apollo Klarios Sanctuary Report 1] Reference
Chatbi and Ibrahimieh a Roman necropolis of the first or second century A.D.. at a depth of fourteen metres. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
The tiled mausoleums of the Shahi Zinda, a rambling necropolis on a hill, also date back to the 14th century. From Wordnik.com. [Opening Up the Silk Road] Reference
A small placard identifies the burial as burial G at Casa Nocera, an ancient necropolis west of Florence, Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Dig Like a Surgeon] Reference
The buildings of major importance include the theater, octagonus, monumental gate, nymphaeum and the necropolis. From Wordnik.com. [Hierapolis-Pamukkale, Turkey] Reference
Whether our body is to be packed away in the necropolis of our city, or shovelled into a hole on the outskirts of. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference
Archaeologists say the tombs indicate the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought. From Wordnik.com. [Today's Photos: Dec. 22] Reference
Years after he designed his "high-Rise City," even Hillberseimer denounced it as "more a necropolis than a metropolis.". From Wordnik.com. [How Yesterday Saw Tomorrow] Reference
It was plain that the newly found necropolis and the puzzling objects already in the museums belonged to the same period. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898] Reference
Carnarvon's status and influence as a wealthy aristocrat allowed him to secure a concession to dig in the Theban necropolis. From Wordnik.com. [TutWatch: The Man Who Found Tut] Reference
This persevering English investigator discovered here a very large necropolis in which he examined about three thousand graves. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898] Reference
His imperial burial chamber, untouched to this day, and the surrounding necropolis cover 22 square miles, the area of Manhattan. From Wordnik.com. [The Emperor's Terra-Cotta Soldiers] Reference
The traveler, Paul Lucas, discovered in the necropolis of Cyrene, in 1714, many antique vases, both in the tombs and in the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures] Reference
Installed at strategic locations at the outskirts of his necropolis, they have stood guard for centuries, in defense of his eternal soul. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Clothier: Warriors] Reference
Etruscan warrior's burial from the necropolis of Casa Nocera is dissected in a lab at the Archaeological Superintendency of Tuscany in Florence, Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Dig Like a Surgeon] Reference
The survey indeed documented the existence of a settlement here, possibly with a tomb/small necropolis attached to it (cf. elements of vase-shaped osteothecae). From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Suburban Survey Report 2] Reference
Patrick Barta for The Wall Street Journal The Shahi Zinda complex in Samarkand is a rambling necropolis on a hill that includes tile-covered mausoleums as old as the 14th century. From Wordnik.com. [Exploring Uzbekistan] Reference
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