necropolisnoun [ C ]
uk/nekˈrɒp.əl.ɪs/us/nekˈrɑː.əl.ɪs/an ancient cemetery (= piece of ground where people are buried)
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Ancient history: before 500 AD
- ancient
- antiquity
- archaic
- Celt
- centurion
- classical
- gladiator
- Grecian
- Hellenic
- Hippocrates
- legion
- mummy
- neoclassical
- Neogene
- Romano-
- sarcophagus
- Saturnalia
- the Bronze Age
- the Christian era
- the Iron Age
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Places where bodies are buried or cremated