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单词 chamber tomb
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chamber tomb


noun Archaeology.

a type of late Neolithic to Bronze Age tomb found in Britain and Europe, usually of megaliths covered by mounds, sometimes decorated, and used for successive family or clan burials spanning a number of generations.
Compare dolmen, passage grave.

Origin of chamber tomb

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby chamber tomb

chamber pop, chamber pot, Chambers, Chambersburg, Chambertin, chamber tomb, Chambéry, Chambly, Chambord, chambray, chambré
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Example sentences from the Web for chamber tomb

  • Then we find the chamber-tomb of Den Semti at Abydos with a granite floor, the walls being still of brick.

    History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery|L.W. King and H.R. Hall
  • The famous Men-an-tol in Cornwall may well be all that is left of a chamber-tomb of some kind.

    Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders|T. Eric Peet
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