A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city.
[Greek nekropolis : nekro-, necro- + polis, city.]
necropolis
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ne·crop·o·lis (nə-krŏp'ə-lĭs, nĕ-)  |
n., pl., -lis·es, or -leis (-lās').
A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city.
A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city.
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(ne-KROP-uh-lis)
noun, plural necropolises or necropoleis
A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city.
Etymology
Greek nekropolis : nekro-, necro- dead + polis, city.
"The necropolis, or cemetery, of Heliopolis is the most extensive of any Roman town." — Susan C. Hegger, Turkish Delights, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nov 22, 1998.
"The specialist company, Necropolis Co, said it was usual practice for bodies to be lifted out one by one and placed in containers. These containers would then be transported to the new site." — Ros Wynne-Jones, Dead bodies delay luxury flats plan, Independent, Apr 12, 1996.
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As the song goes, they tried to "pave paradise and put up a parking lot," but when construction workers in Vatican City found a necropolis (ancient burial place) on the site, plans changed. Now, the area is opening as a tourist attraction.
"A well-preserved necropolis, discovered during the building of a parking garage in Vatican City, will open as a museum on Thursday, offering new insights into society and religion in imperial Rome. "
Link: IOL: Vatican to unveil Roman Necropolis
Posted October 11, 2006.
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| Architecture: necropolis |
1. A city of the dead; a large cemetery in ancient Egypt, Greece, Phoenicia, Carthage, etc.
2. An ancient or historic burial place.
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| Archaeology Dictionary: necropolis |
[MC]
An area of tombs, temples, and pathways which together amount to a ‘city of the dead’.
| Wikipedia: List of necropoleis |
For other meanings, see Necropolis (disambiguation).
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A necropolis (Greek plural: necropoleis; Latin plural: necropoles) is a large cemetery or burial ground, usually including structural tombs. The word comes from the Greek νεκρόπολις - nekropolis, meaning "city of the dead". Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds, near the centers of ancient civilizations, such as an abandoned city or town.
Grave field is a term for prehistoric burial grounds that do not include any above-ground structures or markers. These include row graves, urnfields, tumuli, etc.
List of examples
Algeria
- Nepasa
- Roknia
Austria
Australia
- Rookwood Necropolis (Sydney)
- The Necropolis, Springvale (Melbourne)
- Melbourne General Cemetery
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
- Varna Necropolis[1]
- Tuhovishta's Village Necropolis (Satovcha)
Tuhovishta's village necropolis.
Canada
- Necropolis Cemetery - one of Toronto's oldest cemeteries
China
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Denmark
Egypt
France
- Alyscamps (Arles)
- The Panthéon (Paris)
- Père Lachaise Cemetery (Paris)
- Saint Denis Basilica (Saint-Denis)
Germany
- Oldendorfer Totenstatt - concentration of Neolithic megalith graves
- Soderstorf Necropolis - site with above-ground graves from several periods of history
Indonesia
Israel
Italy
- Bologna
- Cerveteri
- Gaudo, Paestum
- Lipari (Aeolian Islands)
- Locri
- Children's Necropolis of Lugnano in Teverina
- Norchia
- Pantalica
- Pezza Petrosa, Grottaglie
- Taranto
Lebanon
Republic of Macedonia
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
- Panteon de Belen
- Panteón de Dolores
- El Castillo & High Priest's Temple in Chichen Itza
- Pyramids of the Sun, the Moon andTemple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan
Morocco
Pakistan
- Makli Hill (Thatta)
- Chaukundi Near (Karachi)
The famous archeological site in Pakistan is tilted "Moen Jo Daro", which literary means "Mound of the dead"
Peru
Poland
- Powązki Cemetery
- Central Cemetery in Szczecin
Philippines
Russia
Serbia
- Karaburma,
- Krajčinovići, Bronze age
- Bukovac, Illyrian graveyards[4]
- Golubac, Illyrian graveyards
- Jagodin-Mala, 4th century Christian necropolis
- Cezava, medieval
- Mokrin, Copper Age
- Pesaca, medieval
- Boljetin, medieval
- Ravna, medieval
- Ribnica, medieval
- Porecka Reka, medieval
- Hajducka Vodenica, prehistoric and medieval necropolis
- Pirivoj, Roman necropolis
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
See also
References & notes
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- ^ Ivanov, Ivan, M. Avramova. Varna Necropolis (Sofia, 2000)
- ^ Saqqara: City of the Dead
- ^ C. Michael Hogan, Chellah, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, 2007
- ^ http://paralaza.blogspot.com/2007/08/central-tumulus-revealed-on-bronze-age.html
- ^ "The Vatican Necropolis - Scavi". http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Necropolis/Scavi-map.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
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| Translations: Necropolis |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - begravelsesplads
Nederlands (Dutch)
dodenstad, begraafplaats
Français (French)
n. - nécropole
Deutsch (German)
n. - Totenstadt, (großer) Friedhof
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νεκρόπολη
Português (Portuguese)
n. - necrópole (f)
Русский (Russian)
кладбище, некрополь
Español (Spanish)
n. - necrópolis, cementerio
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - begravningsplats
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大墓地, 古代的埋葬地
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大墓地, 古代的埋葬地
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대규모의 고동 묘지, 죽음의 도시(폐허)
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 共同墓地, 死滅都市
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مدينه الموتى : مقبرة كبيرة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בית-קברות או מקום קבורה עתיק
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