necropolis

The discovery was made in the Al Bahnasa necropolis, the archaeological site identified with ancient Oxyrhynchus, one of the most important cities of Greco-Roman Egypt.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

"But discovering a necropolis of this scale was completely unexpected: the size of distribution, the depth and the age range were far beyond anything we had imagined," Xiaotong Peng said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Mitch Hutchcraft, Alico’s executive vice president of real estate, agreed to give me a personal tour of this citrus necropolis.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Today the glamorous necropolis is “the jewel in the crown of cemetery tourism,” Mr. Gallot notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Even though neither of us was superstitious, that necropolis of crosses, cupolas, and tombstones had us pretty nervous.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Medieval necropolises and Bronze Age burial mounds called kurgans are likewise threatened, researchers write today in Antiquity.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 30, 2023

The array of sanctuaries ranges from expansive necropolises bearing multitudes of soldiers from different nationalities to humbler graveyards and individual monuments.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

“People reused the Etruscan necropolises multiple times to bury their dead,” Posth says.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 23, 2021

And the public mood turned against necropolises - cities of the dead - as garden-style cemeteries became the norm.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2012

In Egypt now are only graves, tombs, necropolises and silence.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Elbert Hubbard