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Necropolis
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For the record label, see Necropolis Records.
A necropolis (plural: necropolises or necropoleis) is a large cemetery or burial place (from Greek nekropolis "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, often an abandoned city or town, near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations.
- Rookwood Necropolis (Sydney)
- Necropolis Cemetery - one of Toronto's oldest cemeteries
- Alyscamps (Arles)
- The Panthéon (Paris)
- Père Lachaise Cemetery (Paris)
- Saint Denis Basilica (Saint-Denis)
- Makli Hill (Thatta)
- Chaukundi Near (Karachi)
- 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
- ^ The Vatican Necropolis - Scavi. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.