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Une nécropole (du grec nécros et polis : Cité des morts) est un groupement de sépultures monumentales ou de tombes séparées des lieux de culte. Espace funéraire généralement antique , il se distingue du champ funéraire préhistorique qui n'abrite pas de monuments, et du cimetière médiéval qui voit l'extension des lieux de culte à ...
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A necropolis ( pl.: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis,...
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Caractéristiques. Dans le monde grec antique, la nécropole...
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The Varna Necropolis ( Bulgarian: Варненски некропол ), or Varna Cemetery, is a burial site in the western industrial zone of Varna (approximately half a kilometre from Lake Varna and 4 km from the city centre), internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.
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.
Area. 16,203.36 ha (162.0336 km 2; 62.5615 sq mi) 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. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt ...
The Vatican Necropolis lies under the Vatican City, at depths varying between 5–12 metres below Saint Peter's Basilica. The Vatican sponsored archaeological excavations (also known by their Italian name scavi) under Saint Peter's in the years 1940–1949 which revealed parts of a necropolis dating to Imperial times. [1]
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