Tumulus synonyms

to͝o'myə-ləs, tyo͝o'-

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burial-mound
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
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grave mound
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
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barrow
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
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cromlechs (related)
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menhir (related)
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cromlech (related)
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burial-chamber (related)
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mound (related)
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kistvaen (related)
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henge (related)
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hillfort (related)
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hill-forts (related)
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fortlet (related)
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passage grave (related)
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hogback (related)
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dolmen (related)
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Tumulus Sentence Examples

  • In another a flock of vultures is feeding on the bodies of the fallen enemy; in a third a tumulus is being heaped up over those who had been slain on the side of Lagash.

  • Not far is a tumulus, Tomen fawr.

  • These were entirely subterranean, and little is now to be seen on the site but a great tumulus, the Cucumella, and a few smaller ones.

  • In Teneriffe and Grand Canary the corpse was simply wrapped up in goat and sheep skins, while in other islands a resinous substance was used to preserve the body, which was then placed in a cave difficult of access, or buried under a tumulus.

  • An unusual find was a Scythian royal grave in a tumulus at Solokha, in 1913.

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