This is a list of necropoleis sorted by country. Although the name is sometimes also used for some modern cemeteries, this list includes only ancient...
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Necropolis (redirect from Necropoleis)
A necropolis (pl.: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from...
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presidents of the United States List of extant papal tombs List of mausolea List of necropoleis List of non-extant papal tombs List of tombs and mausoleums τύμβος...
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Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery Lists portal Taphophilia List of mausolea List of necropoleis "Cementerio del Oeste (archived copy)". Archived from the...
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Aytap (redirect from History of Aytap)
remains of the Ancient Roman sewers, which are well preserved. In the northern hills of Aytap, there is a necropolis (see List of necropoleis). There...
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Narmer - Gamal Abdel Nasser - Nebiriau II - Necho I - Necho II - List of necropoleis - Nectanebo I - Nectanebo II - Neferefre - Neferhotep I - Neferhotep...
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Selinunte (category Colonies of Megara Hyblaea)
northeast of the Sanctuary of the Malophoros, has been excavated recently. Around Selinus some areas used as necropoleis can be identified. Buffa (end of the...
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Glasgow Necropolis (redirect from Merchants House of Glasgow (Crematorium) Order Confirmation Act 1950)
of Strathleven, the planning of the cemetery was started by the Merchants' House of Glasgow in 1831, in anticipation of a change in the law. The Cemeteries...
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This is a list of cemeteries (or graveyards) in Pakistan. Old British Cemetery, Gilgit CDA Graveyard, Burma Town DHA II Graveyard, Jinnah Boulevard H-8...
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Memphis, Egypt (redirect from Necropolis of Memphis)
foundations of Fustat and later Cairo, both built farther north, were laid with stones of dismantled temples and ancient necropoleis of Memphis. In the...
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Cyrene, Libya (redirect from Archaeological Site of Cyrene)
north of the city, making it one of the largest known Greek necropoleis. The southern section has been encroached upon by the growing city of Shahat...
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Bura archaeological site (category World Heritage Tentative List for Niger)
consists of many individual necropoleis with coffins crested by unusually distinctive terra cotta statuettes. The main necropolis itself has a diameter of about...
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World Heritage Site, and added Cyrene in 2017 to its List of World Heritage in Danger. Earliest traces of Cyrene date back to about 700 BC, it is considered...
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Myra (redirect from Titular Archbishop of Myra)
afterward. There are two necropoleis of Lycian rock-cut tombs in the form of temple fronts carved into the vertical faces of cliffs at Myra: the river...
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with only a few didactic words having English plurals in -eis: poleis, necropoleis, and acropoleis (though acropolises is by far the most common English...
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Vetulonia (category CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list)
town. The rich votive furnishing from the two extensive necropoleis attest to the importance of Vetulonia's elite. The Mura dell'Arce (cyclopean walls)...
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Père Lachaise Cemetery (redirect from Cemetery of Père-Lachaise)
Library in 2023. France portal List of burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery List of burial places of classical musicians List of tourist attractions in Paris...
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Etruscan origins (redirect from Armenian Origin of the Etruscans)
extracted and typed the hypervariable region of mitochondrial DNA of 14 individuals buried in two Etruscan necropoleis, analyzing them along with previously...
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Etruscan civilization (redirect from History of the Etruscans)
Etruscan area, tombs have large rock-cut chambers under a tumulus in large necropoleis, and these, together with some city walls, are the only Etruscan constructions...
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Kremlin Wall Necropolis (category Necropoleis)
for preservation. Federal Military Memorial Cemetery List of national cemeteries by country Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Moscow) "Kremlin Wall Necropolis"...
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woman's braids were interred instead of the woman herself. Outstanding examples of kurgans include the necropoleis of Pazyryk in Altai, Noin Ula in Mongolia...
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Calcinara, about 23 km (14 mi) northwest of Syracuse. Together with the city of Syracuse, Pantalica was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005...
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Hanazono Site (category Necropoleis)
seven minutes by car from JR West Geibi Line Miyoshi Station. List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hiroshima) "花園遺跡" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs...
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Greek colonisation (redirect from Colonies of ancient Greece)
Atasoy, Sümer; Temür, Akın; Yiğitpaşa, Davut (2019). Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and Its Hinterland in Antiquity: Select Papers from the...
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Marzabotto (category CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list)
quarters, and these in turn into blocks or insulae. Necropoleis were found on the east and north of the site. The place was partially inhabited later by...
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Parma (category Pages using infobox settlement with possible demonym list)
rivers. During this age (between 1500 BC and 800 BC) the first necropoleis (on the sites of the present-day Piazza Duomo and Piazzale della Macina) were...
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Peckham (redirect from Liberty of Peckham)
Old Cemetery did not have the grandeur of nearby Nunhead Cemetery, which was one of the original London necropoleis, and once nearing capacity it was replaced...
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Kaş (category Districts of Antalya Province)
was a member of the Lycian League, and its importance during this time is confirmed by the presence of one of the richest Lycian necropoleis.[citation needed]...
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Celts in Transylvania (redirect from Helmet of Ciumeşti)
whereas the surrounding valleys of Hațeg, Hunedoara, Făgăraș, Bârsa, Sf. Gheorghe and Ciuc have neither necropoleis nor settlements but only tombs or...
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Germia (category Dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)
of Günyüzü in Eskişehir Province, Turkey, as are the remains of necropoleis, baths and of an inn that Justinian built. In the 6th century, the geographer...
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