Tumulus Synonyms

to͝omyə-ləs, tyo͝o-
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. burial-mound
  2. grave mound
  3. barrow

Words Related to Tumulus

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. cromlechs
  2. menhir
  3. cromlech
  4. burial-chamber
  5. mound
  6. kistvaen
  7. henge
  8. hillfort
  9. hill-forts
  10. fortlet
  11. passage grave
  12. hogback
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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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