 Athlete tomb in the necropolis in Taranto, Italy.  Necropolis de San Carlos Borromeo in Cuba, August 2007. A necropolis (Greek plural: necropoleis; Latin plural: necropoles) is a large cemetery or burial ground, usually including structural tombs. The word comes from the Greek νεκρόπολις - nekropolis, meaning "city of the dead". Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds, near the centers of ancient civilizations, such as an abandoned city or town. Grave field is a term for prehistoric burial grounds that do not include any above-ground structures or markers. These include row graves, urnfields, tumuli, etc. [edit] List of examples The famous archeological site in Pakistan is tilted "Moen Jo Daro", which literary means "Mound of the dead" - Karaburma,
- Krajčinovići, Bronze age
- Bukovac, Illyrian graveyards[4]
- Golubac, Illyrian graveyards
- Jagodin-Mala, 4th century Christian necropolis
- Cezava, medieval
- Mokrin, Copper Age
- Pesaca, medieval
- Boljetin, medieval
- Ravna, medieval
- Ribnica, medieval
- Porecka Reka, medieval
- Hajducka Vodenica, prehistoric and medieval necropolis
- Pirivoj, Roman necropolis
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