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.
n., pl., -lis·es, or -leis (-lās').
A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city.
[Greek nekropolis : nekro-, necro- + polis, city.]
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necropolis
(Greek: city of the dead) Extensive and elaborate burial place serving an ancient city. The locations of these cemeteries varied. Many in Egypt, such as the necropolis of western Thebes, were situated across the Nile River opposite the cities. In Greece and Rome a necropolis often lined the roads leading out of town. A necropolis was discovered in the 1940s under St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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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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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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An area of tombs, temples, and pathways which together amount to a ‘city of the dead’.
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List of necropoleis
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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, literally 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. The term "necropolis" is also occasionally used in fantasy fiction to describe a city overrun by fictional creatures known as undead.
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
Albania
- Hadrianopol [1]
Algeria
Austria
Australia
- Rookwood Necropolis (Sydney)
- The Necropolis, Springvale (Melbourne)
- Melbourne General Cemetery
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
- Varna Necropolis[3]
- Tuhovishta's Village Necropolis (Satovcha)
Canada
- Necropolis Cemetery - one of Toronto's oldest cemeteries
- Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (Montreal)
China
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Ming Dynasty Tombs
- Fengdu Ghost City
- Western Xia tombs
- Eastern Qing Tombs
- Western Qing Tombs
Colombia
- Parque Arqueológico de San Agustin
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Denmark
Egypt
France
- Alyscamps (Arles)
- The Panthéon (Paris)
- Père Lachaise Cemetery (Paris)
- Saint Denis Basilica (Saint-Denis)
Germany
- Ohlsdorf Cemetery (Hamburg)
- Oldendorfer Totenstatt - concentration of Neolithic megalith graves
- Soderstorf Necropolis - site with above-ground graves from several periods of history
Indonesia
Iran
- Naqsh-e Rustam Tombs Achaemenid Kings circa 500 BC
Ireland
Israel
Italy
- Bologna
- Cerveteri
- Gaudo, Paestum
- Lipari (Aeolian Islands)
- Locri
- Children's Necropolis of Lugnano in Teverina
- Norchia
- Pantalica
- Pezza Petrosa, Grottaglie
- Taranto
Latvia
- Marupes Kapi
Lebanon
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 and Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan
Morocco
Pakistan
- Makli Hill (Thatta)
- Chaukundi Near (Karachi)
Another famous archeological site in Pakistan is called Mohenjo-daro, which literally means "Mound of the dead".
Peru
Poland
Philippines
Russia
Serbia
- Karaburma,
- Krajčinovići, Bronze Age
- Bukovac, Illyrian graveyards[6]
- 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
Slovenia
- Neviodunum, Roman
- Šempeter v Savinjski dolini, Roman
South Korea
Spain
- Son Ferrer, Bronze
- Ibiza, Necropolis Puig des Molins; Phoenicien
Turkey
United Kingdom
- Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey
- London Necropolis railway station
- London Necropolis Company
- Highgate Cemetery
- Glasgow Necropolis
- Greek necropolis at West Norwood Cemetery, London
- Southern Necropolis, Glasgow
United States
- Colma, California
- Arlington National Cemetery, Washington DC.
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
See also
References and notes
- ^ http://www.romansociety.org/fileadmin/documents/doc/Hadrianopolis.doc
- ^ http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15590/15590-h/15590-h.htm#Pg_094
- ^ 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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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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