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necropolis

noun

nə-ˈkrä-pə-ləs

Definition of necropolis

as in cemetery

a piece of land used for burying the dead an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died

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Recent Examples of necropolis Additionally, scientists uncovered a necropolis of children, also dating from the Gallo-Roman period, and discontinuous remains extending into the modern era. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 The Etruscans often interred their deceased in necropolises, which is where the Sapienza University team recovered 30 teeth from 10 individuals who died during the 7th and 6th centuries. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2026 The temple of King Nyuserre is believed to be from the Fifth Dynasty and the remains were found in the Abusir necropolis south of the Egyptian capital. — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 There were just two dogs roaming the necropolis all that while, unseen and unheard. — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for necropolis

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This decline is often captured sentimentally in memoirs about the Jewish South of a bygone era or photographs of Jewish cemeteries in various states of disrepair.

— Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Historical and archaeological investigations showed the area overlapped with the site of the former Sacramento County Hospital cemetery, which operated from the 1880s to the 1920s, officials said.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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Independent orbital tracking showed that these satellites subsequently both raised their orbits by a few hundred kilometers, a move typically associated with disposing of them into graveyard orbits above geostationary space.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
The graves of Emma Joyce and her sister and brothers are clustered near one another at Peaceful Valley Cemetery, a hilltop graveyard that belongs to the Followers of Christ, a faith-healing sect with at least four churches in Idaho.

— Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2026

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