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tumulus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | barrow, burial mound, grave mound |
| Type of | hill, mound |
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The Romans looted the tumulus and the XVI legion built and dedicated a bridge.
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The finds from the royal tumulus at Gordion form the majority of this section.
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The tumulus is surrounded by ceremonial terraces in the east, west, and north.
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A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn.
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No inscriptions naming any specific Judean king have been excavated from a tumulus.
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The Skrydstrup Woman, unearthed from a tumulus in Southern Jutland, in 1935.
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A tumulus that dates to the 1st century BC is at the peak of the mountain.
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Galatian bracelets and earrings, 3rd century BC, Hidirsihlar tumulus, Bolu.
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In 1879, a cinerary urn was discovered beneath a tumulus at Revidge, north of the town.
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- Burial mound: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
- A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli also are known as barrows, burial mounds, or kurgans, and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones built for various purposes, might also originally have been a tumulus.
- Tumulus is progressive folk metal band from Yaroslavl, Russia. They were formed from the ashes of cult doom metal/viking metal band Scald, after the death of Scald's frontman Agyl. ...
- (Tumuli) Nest mounds (wild bees).
- Burial mound or barrow.
- Latin for mound or barrow; generally covers a burial, in a chamber (as in French use of word) or not
- (3) -- an earth mount over a tomb, whether a tholos or a circular communal precinct (Vermeule, 387)
- A large, earthen mound built above a tomb or grave.
- A rounded, sharply convex, mound of lava, frequently with radial or polygonal cracks, where a semi-solid crust has been pushed up by pressure from below. Normally used for large features on surface lava flows, but can also be applied to small mounds on a lava tube floor. See 'Puddings'. ...
