Definition of Necropoles

1. necropolis [n] - See also: necropolis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Necropoles

necrophiles
necrophiliac
necrophiliacs
necrophilias
necrophilic
necrophilism
necrophilisms
necrophilous
necrophily
necrophobia
necrophores
necropoleis
necropoles (current term)
necropoli
necropolis
necropolises
necropolitical
necropolitics
necropost
necroposted
necroposting
necroposts
necropsied
necropsies
necropsy
necropsying

Literary usage of Necropoles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia and the House Tombs of by Jeffrey S. Soles (1992)
"118 This is erroneously represented in the plan (Demargne, Mallia, necropoles I, pl. XXXVIII:2) but is clearly stated in the text (ibid., p. ..."

2. Handbook of Universal Literature from the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (1902)
"The monuments of Egypt are religious, as the temples, sepulchral, as the necropoles, or triumphal, as the obelisks. The temples were the principal ..."

3. The Life of the Greeks and Romans Described from Antique Monuments by Ernst Karl Guhl, W. Koner (1896)
"... Gela and Girgenti (the old Akragas); in Southern Italy, the necropoles of the ... Cu- mse, and Capua; in Central Italy, the necropoles of the old ..."

4. History of Art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1892)
"Topographic Sketch Kale. frain the survey of Professor Ramsay. Scafe: FIG. 47.—Phrygian necropoles. Topographic sketch. Midas monument (9 in plan), ..."

5. History of Art in Primitive Greece: Mycenian Art by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1894)
"... but we are utterly in the dark as to the necropoles in which they have been collected.1 Nor has search been made for very ancient defences, ..."

6. Handbook of Universal Literature by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (1860)
"The monuments of Egypt are religious, as the temples; sepulchral, as the necropoles ; or triumphal, as the obelisks. The temples were the principal ..."

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