necropolis
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The London Necropolis Railway had come to the end of the line.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023
On Tuesday, a procession carrying his coffin will pass through the streets of Santos, ending at the Ecumenical Memorial Necropolis cemetery, where he will be buried in a private ceremony.
From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2023
The handover came more than three months after the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office determined the sarcophagus was looted from Abu Sir Necropolis, north of Cairo.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023
Olivarius’ book, Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom, which will be coming out next year, is about the Deep South—Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and eastern Texas.
From Slate • Aug. 4, 2020
I recollect the reading-room at the back looked on to a huge building with mournful black lettering on it, announcing the fact that it was the office of some Necropolis.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry
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