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Graves at the Necropolis in Glasgow, Scotland. A necropolis (pl.: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek νεκρόπολις nekropolis (lit. ' city of the dead ').
A necropolis is an extensive and elaborate burial place of an ancient city, often outside the city proper. Learn about the history, location, and types of necropolises in different cultures and regions, such as Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Peru.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A necropolis is an ancient cemetery where people are buried. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find out how to say it in different languages.
The Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx.
The meaning of NECROPOLIS is cemetery; especially : a large elaborate cemetery of an ancient city. How to use necropolis in a sentence. Did you know?
This is a list of necropoleis sorted by country. Although the name is sometimes also used for some modern cemeteries, this list includes only ancient necropoleis, generally founded no later than approximately 1500 AD. Because almost every city in the ancient world had a necropolis, this list does not aim to be complete.
With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, Thebes is a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height, when the city became the capital of an empire extending from the Euphrates to northern Sudan.
