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necropolis: see cemetery.

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Necropolis I.(Book Review) (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

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The sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara; the main temple complex; the archaeological report.(Brief Article)(Book Review) (Reference & Research Book News)

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Death duty: this new cemetery sensitively reinterprets the necropolis for the modern age.(Brief article) (The Architectural Review)

Ascetic necropolis: an extension to a Ligurian cemetery makes a dignified necropolis which responds tenderly to its hillside site.(Brief Article) (The Architectural Review)

A necropolis dating back almost 2,000 years has been discovered during the construction of a car park in the Vatican City. (Th Shorts).(Brief Article) (History Today)

Odile Maufras (ed). Habitats, necropoles et paysages dans la moyenne et la basse vallee du Rhone (VIIe-XVe s.): contribution des travaux du TGV-Mediterranee a l'etude des societes rurales medievales (Documents d'archeologie francaise 98).(Book review) (Antiquity)

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