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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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The vast Theban necropolis, comprising an area of around 10km², was Egypt’s main royal and elite cemetery for half a millennium, from ca.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

An AFP correspondent saw people marching to the cemetery, waving Hezbollah flags as women dressed in black wept, holding pictures of the dead as an Israeli drone flew overhead.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

These include landmarks such as a Cossack cemetery that dates back to before 1794.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

New apartments, businesses and cars are popping up across the city while graves are piling up in the local cemetery.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Dismay had scampered ahead, to the cemetery and on toward Great-great-aunt Florentine’s grave site.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

At the two largest cemeteries, researchers found an unusually large number of children and young teenagers among those who had died.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

A representative for the cemeteries did not immediately respond to comment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Turrell spoke movingly of the close friends he lost during the campaign, some of whom he buried in the field, and who are now buried in Commonwealth war cemeteries on the continent.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Odd Arne Westad begins “The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings From History” with a poignant and haunting visit to World War I memorials and cemeteries in France.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

It also took several centuries for Yayoi Japan to exhibit the first signs of social stratification, as reflected especially in cemeteries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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